CV - Kevin Knelman
Kevin Knelman
PUBLISHING And RECORDING
CDs, THEATRE, FILM AND TELEVISION COMPOSER CREDITS
2011 Agatha Suite for Classical Guitar
2010 Litter Bug CD (Green Songs for Kids)
2009 Project, Where Were the Mothers?
2008 Vintage Beatles CD
2007 Beatles for Classic Guitar CD
2006 Score/Theme Song to Vanessa (Canadian film)
2000 “The Invisible Band”CD of all original songs
1997 Score for Humber College Promotional video
1995 Classical Guitar works (Three volumes)
1994 Piano Suite (commisioned)
1993 Some Kind of Blues (Musical performed at Harbourfront)
1992 "Sing&Spell" (CD, original children's songs)
1991-present Script and original music for Time To Read Live
1988-present Theme song to Time To Read daily on YTV network
1986-1992 Script and original music each year for The Polka Dot Door Live
1991 Theme song for Les Goons (pilot TV series)
1991 Score to Les Goons (director John Glossop)
1990 Theme song for Storybook Farm (pilot children's series)
1990 Pilot script for Storybook Farm
1990 Four original stories for YTV's Time To Read
1989 Songs for CBC's Mr. Dress-up show: I Love Food
1988 Song: Monkey Walk on Children's Entertainer Jim Parker's touring show. Also on his album Around the World.
1984-1985 Three songs for the hit ABC series Cagney and Lacey
1982 Theme song for Paramount Pictures' Modesty Blaise
1982 Co-scored Modesty Blaise with Paul Zaza
1978 A one-and-a-half hour musical commissioned by CBC: The Snow Queen (Hans Christian Anderson)
(Adapted the script and wrote original music)
1970-1978 Scores for Open Circle Theatre Productions: Business as Usual, Soupsong, Grey Owl, The Play Play
1977 Score for Man Alive (London, Ontario Art Museum)
1976 Score for Man Alive (Gottland)
1974 Score for the film Origins, (Jacques Cousteau Society)
1969 CBC Radio: An hour with Kevin Knelman, PERFORMING: (Guitarist)
2010 Interview/performance with The Rock (Durham Region radio)
2008 Interview/performance with The Rock (Durham Region radio)
97-2005 Blue Heart duo performing original songs
Perform various clubs playing original material.
Most recent appearance: The Montreal Bistro
1991-2003 Touring with Cindy Cook in Time To Read Live
96-2002 TV appearances for various telethons
1999 Guest on Rogers TV Morning show
1998 Guest soloist on Barnaby Creek CD1995-present (Blue Heart duo)
1982-1992 Touring with The Polka Dot Door Live
1972-present Soloist/Songwriter in various clubs:
Auberge Gavroche; Baffles; Le Cassecroute; Harbourfront;
The Church (Stratford) and many others too numerous to name.
1984 L'Air du Temps (Montreal)
1983-1984 Puppets Restaurant
1980-1981 Cabaret California (Los Angeles)
1968-1978 Accompanist for the celebrated Ethnic Folk Singer: Malka: Toured throughout North America,
South America, Europe and the Middle East.
1970's TV Appearances: Bob McLean Show (3 times) Take Thirty
TEACHING: (GUITAR AND COMPOSITION)
1990-present Knelman Music Studio, Long & McQuade
{Winner of two Royal conservatory of Music “silver medals”, for student with the highest
marks in Ontario}
1983-98 Bayview School of Music
1983-1984 Bloor Music School
1980-1981 Montessori School of Music
1967-1977 Eli Kassner Guitar Academy