Compositions

Luriana, Lurilee (sample); Matt Valverde (tenor), Kurt Galvan (piano)

'Athena' for soprano, cello, and piano (A. Mellos 2013, rev. 2014)
Madeline Cain, soprano; Daniel Pesca, piano; Hyun Ray Kim, cello
Live recording: November 12, 2014, Kilbourn Hall
The Eastman School of Music 
Text by: Emily Kendal Frey (used here with permission)

Athena (soprano version) A. Mellos

The Adventures of Billie The Explorer Duck, is a collection of small miniatures for young pianist and narrator. The poem tells the story of an adventurous little duck, Billie, who finds herself in Rome. The poem is accompanied by solo piano works which serve as musical illustrations. 

Music & text by A. Mellos, copyright 2014
Performed by Madeline Cain (narrator) & Aristea Mellos (piano) in Kilbourn Hall, The Eastman School of Music, November 12, 2014. 

The Adventures of Billie The Explorer Duck (complete)

I. Suddenly 
II. Morning
III. Afternoon

Madeline Cain, soprano; Daniel Pesca, piano; Zach Sheets, flute; Daniel Ketter, cello.


Songs for a Day - Three Poems of Yannis Ritsos, Recorded Live at Cornell University, March 11, 2015

A poignant setting of signaller Ellis Silas's dairy entry from April 28, 1915 describing the Gallipoli Campaign in WWI.

A. Mellos, 2014. Michael Lampard, baritone; Caroline Almonte, piano.

Wonder - for baritone and piano. Michael Lampard, baritone; Caroline Almonte, piano

Madeline Caine (soprano) & the Eastman Composers' Sinfonietta Kilbourn Hall, The Eastman School, April 11, 2015

Penelope Hymns: I. Morning

Penelope Hymns II. Afternoon

I. Suddenly for soprano, flute, and piano (A. Mellos 2014)
Madeline Cain, soprano; Daniel Pesca, piano; Caroline Sonett, flute
Live recording, November 12, 2014 Kilbourn Hall, The Eastman School of Music


I. Suddenly from 'Three Poems of Yannis Ritsos' - for soprano, flute, and piano

From 'Aubde' - a song cycle for mezzo-soprano and piano. Mega Berti, mezzo soprano; Sam Reich, piano

from 'Aubade' IV - October

For solo unhitched percussion and chamber orchestra

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An American Rapture

For solo piano. Commissioned by the Glenaeon Community of Sydney. Performed by Stephen Whale, June 2011.

Tempus

SONATA for solo piano
Bernadette Harvey, piano
Recorded at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, January 2017

I. We ate the stars
II. Cardinal Spada's Gallery
III. Vanishing Point

III. Vanishing Point

II. Cardinal Spada's Gallery

I. We ate the Stars

La Tessitrice, A. Mellos 2016 / Text, A. Negri
Paulina Swierczek, soprano; Daniel Baer, piano
Kilbourn Hall, September 4 2016

La Tessitirce

SOMA, Aristea Mellos, 2014 
Cherry Tsang, piano; Mariel Robert, cello; Sammy Lesnick, clarinet
Hatch Hall, April 4, 2014

SOMA Excerpt

Athena - for tenor, cello, and piano
Poet: Emily Kendal Frey
Composer: Aristea Mellos

Performers: Elinor Frey (cello), Will George (tenor), Corey Hamm (piano)