Joseph Celli
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Joseph Celli (b. March 19, 1944) is a U.S. musician and composer specializing in contemporary and improvised music for oboe and english horn. In addition, he plays the Yamaha WX7 MIDI breath controller, as well as double reed instruments from several Asian cultures, including the Korean hojok and piri and the Indian mukha vina.
Celli has conducted much work in the field of experimental music, both as a performer and presenter, and has worked with John Cage, Ornette Coleman, Phill Niblock, and the Kronos Quartet. He directed two New Music America festivals.
Celli is a founding member of the No World Improvisations ensemble and Executive Director of the Black Rock Art Center in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. He is also the founder and director of O. O. Discs, a CD label devoted to new music.
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