University of New Mexico Professor of Music Bradley Ellingboe is a recent recipient of a 2004-2005 ASCAP Award. Ellingboe has received an ASCAP Award each year since 2000.
“I am very pleased and honored to again have my work recognized by ASCAP. I do not take this honor or award for granted,” Ellingboe said.
An independent panel for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers selects recipients based upon the “unique prestige value of each writer’s catalog of original compositions, as well as recent performances…” according to the notification letter.
Ellingboe has been on faculty in UNM’s College of Fine Arts since 1985, where he is professor of music and coordinator of vocal studies. His duties include directing two choirs, teaching private voice lessons and graduate choral conducting.
Ellingboe is well known as a composer and arranger of choral music. His music is published by Augsburg, Mark Foster, Hal Leonard and, particularly, the Neil A. Kjos Music Company, for whom he edits two choral series, including Music for Women’s Voices.
The Santa Fe Desert Chorale has a CD due out in December featuring Ellingboe’s work. More than 50 groups performed his “Requiem” and the St. Olaf Choir also performed his work in the last year. These performances of his work were considered for the ASCAP Award.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920
Posted by scarr at August 26, 2004 10:55 AM