Live performances and studio recordings of my original compositions. 

All sheet music can be purchased on my site!

http://oliviakieffer.com/complete-works-list/

Olivia Kieffer - Composer

Project Fusion plays "Pop Rock in Metal"
distance-recorded 
and presented at NASA Region 6
on April 9th, 2021!

Performers:
Dannel Espinoza
Matt Amedio
Katherine Weintraub
Matt Evans

http://projectfusionsq.com/about

Pop Rock in Metal (for saxophone quartet)

From the FOUR THUNDER E.P.
available on bandcamp
https://oliviakieffer.bandcamp.com/album/four-thunder-e-p

FOUR THUNDER SHEETS & LION ROARS
Antek Olesik, toy piano
Olivia Kieffer, toy piano
Dezmond Rogers, banjo
Armando Torrealba, viola
Joe Balem, bass
Recorded by Isaac Diskin at Weeks Studio (Coral Gables, FL)
mixed by Isaac Diskin and Olivia Kieffer
at Isaac Diskin's studio (Miami, FL)
in May 2021

FOUR THUNDER

FOUR THUNDER E.P.

Four Thunder Sheets and Lion Roars

credits
from the bandcamp digital album FANTASTICA P​.​1, released September 13, 2024

Only 15,000 years ago, all of what is now Canada and the top portion of the United State was covered in a giant continential glacier called the Laurentide Ice Sheet. As time passed, the advance and retreat of this ice sheet created the Great Lakes.
One night during the polar vortex of 2018, I stood at the blisteringly cold short of Lake Michigan's Bradford Beach, in Milwaukee. I imagined the glacier itself, towering a mile above me. Right in front of me was the actual frozen lake, iced over mid-tide. The past and present were merged. I felt incredibly alive, standing on a part of glacial and geographic history.
The music represents the advance and retreat of the ice sheet; a funky rondo!

The piece was commissioned by the GVSU New Music Ensemble, for the Lake Michigan Project.

Retreat of the Laurentide (2020)

Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble:
Christian Glascock - flute
Gracie Barrett - bass clarinet
Linus Guerra - alto saxophone
Stephanie Bueche - clarinet
Noah Braley - vibraphone
Olivia Kieffer - drum set
Lydia Seaver - piano

Woodwinds, vibraphone, and piano recorded by Bill Ryan at Bill's Sweet Office Studio (Allendale, MI) in January 2022
Drums recorded and album mixed by Isaac Diskin and Olivia Kieffer at Isaac Diskin's studio (Coral Gables, FL) in May 2022
license

Retreat of the Laurentide

An Observatory Spinning in Space
was commissioned and premiered by the Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble in 2025! 
This is a studio recording.
Grace Morrison, flute
Conrad Cassar, clarinet
Jeremy Cleary, bari and alto sax
Jake Doctor, cello
Liam Martin, marimba
Noah Seim, piano

the solos were written by the performers

An Observatory Spinning in Space (for chamber ensemble)

(2012/2013)
*Instrumental* version available for the first time online!

from Clibber Jones Ensemble's E.P. "I Am the Avalanche"

" I Am the Avalanche" is a prog rock fantasy in 5 continuous movements. It was composed for the Clibber Jones Ensemble by Olivia Kieffer.

I. I Am the Avalanche
II. I Am the Destroyer
III. I Will Collapse into the Sea
IV. The Sun Upon the Earth
V. I Am the Water Falling

Teresa Feliciano - flute, piccolo
Tim Crump - tenor and soprano saxophone
Amy O'Dell - keyboard and keytar
Darren Nelsen - electric guitar
Bill Pritchard - electric bass
Brandon Dodge - vibraphone, percussion
Olivia Kieffer - drums, percussion

Recorded at MOTH Music in Lawrenceville, GA
Producer Olivia Kieffer
Recording, Mixing, Mastering by Tim Hinds and Olivia Kieffer

E.P. released through Blood Drunk Records, August 2014.
Version with vocals available here: https://blooddrunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/i-am-the-avalanche

I Am the Avalanche

I Am the Avalanche (E.P.)

I Am The Avalanche (for chamber rock band)

(2016)
“…and then the Universe exploded” is a wild and joyful piece for concert band. It was written for and dedicated to the Reinhardt Symphonic Winds, and was premiered by the ensemble in April 2017. The beginning source material comes from an unrealized concept album I started back when I was writing electronic beat music, called “Everything Everything All of the Time”. This feeling of everything seeming to happen at once, and all the time, has not disappeared in my life; I am no stranger to fairly continuous life changes. In the first section of the piece, the musicians build layers of joy upon each other. The second section features a (very polite but bombastic) Battle of the Bands, which abruptly segues into the entire ensemble shouting a Countdown to the End of the World. In its essence, this piece is about the End of everything. We often think of the end of things as a loss, or bittersweet at best. But sometimes, the very end is the most beautiful. 
—Olivia Kieffer

This recording is from the Reinhardt Symphonic Winds premiere performance on 4/11/17 at the Falany Performing Arts Center, conducted by Olivia Kieffer.

Purchase the score and parts here:
http://murphymusicpress.com/products/w-469

Excellent resources for programming wind ensemble repertoire that is beyond the Recycled Top 40:
http://windrep.org/Main_Page
https://composerdiversity.com/

...and then the Universe exploded (for concert band)

Olivia Kieffer is a composer, percussionist, toy pianist, and educator from the United States. Her music has been described as “immediately attractive”, “like a knife of light”, and “honest, to the point, and joyful!”