early version, orchestrated for chamber music forces, was premiered in Los Angeles on January 24, 2016. About the performance Eric A. Gordon writes: "Circular 14 contains music of great variety and often unearthly transcendence...One can compare it to the great masterpieces in this form." References External links Official Website Neely Bruce profile at Wesleyan Neely Bruce on Soundcloud Video of Bruce's "The Bill of Rights" performed at the Newseum "Celebrating the Bill of Rights in Song." Bruce's The Bill of Rights performed at historic Faneuil Hall. YouthJournalism.org. "A Plague on All Our Houses! Neely Bruce has seen the future, and it sucks!" John Whiting discusses Bruce's rock cantata, The Plague. 1944 births Living people American male composers University of Alabama alumni University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign School of Music alumni Wesleyan University faculty Wesleyan University alumni Middlebury College faculty University of Michigan faculty Bucknell University faculty Brooklyn College faculty 20th-century American composers 21st-century American pianists 21st-century American composers 20th-century American pianists Experimental Music Studios alumni American male pianists 20th-century American male musicians 21st-century American male musicians