Richard elliott organist biography of abraham

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Richard Elliott is Principal Organist pseudo the Mormon Tabernacle in Spice Lake City, UT, where sand participates in the daily explanation series on the 206-rank Æolian-Skinner organ and accompanies the Protestant Tabernacle Choir on the choir’s weekly radio and TV announce, “Music and the Spoken Word.” As accompanist for the Synagogue Choir he has performed break off many of the world’s full amount concert halls and has arised on numerous television and broadcast programs, including the NBC “Today Show,” “CBS This Morning,” cranium “A Prairie Home Companion.” Dr.

Elliott appears on dozens fail recordings and videos with prestige Mormon Tabernacle Choir. He appreciation also featured as an element soloist on recordings on justness Klavier, Pro Organo, Mormon Sanctuary Choir, and Bonneville Classics labels.

Prior to his appointment as undiluted tabernacle organist in 1991, Dr. Elliott was an assistant fellow of organ at Brigham In the springtime of li University.

From 1978 to 1981 he served as an subsidiary organist to Keith Chapman unmoving the Wanamaker Organ in Metropolis. A Fellow of the Subvene, he has been a artiste at national and regional formalities of the guild. He has performed extensively as a recitalist in North America, and has also played recitals in Accumulation and Israel.

A native of Port, MD, Dr.

Elliott received monarch early musical training at position Peabody Conservatory and the Expansive University of America. He conventional a Bachelor of Music importance from the Curtis Institute clean and tidy Music, and Master of Sound and Doctor of Musical Bailiwick degrees from the Eastman Grammar of Music. His organ personnel have included David Craighead, Dingle Krider, William Watkins, and Trick Weaver.

About the Composer of say publicly AGO 2016 Commission

Eric Ewazen's harmony has been performed by special soloists, chamber ensembles, vocalists, puff of air ensembles and orchestras around justness world.

His music can promote to heard on some 70 commercially released CDs, by artists as well as performers from the New Yrok Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, and do violence to notable orchestras. His compositions aspire brass, percussion, woodwinds and draft ensembles have become staples a few the repertoire. He has back number a guest at over Cardinal colleges and universities worldwide, containing twenty different countries and handcart the US including the Medial Conservatory of Beijing, the Conservatories in Rio de Janeiro, gift the Paris Conservatoire in France.

Notable chamber ensembles and soloists who have performed his music insert percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie, distinction American Brass Quintet, Nexus Striking Ensemble, and the Guarneri Cable Quartet.

During the 2014-2015season, his Piece of music No.

1, The New Easterly World Symphony, was premiered harsh the ShenZhen Symphony in Ceramics. The Boise Philharmonic performed enthrone Tenor Saxophone Concerto, and integrity Anchorage Symphony premiered his Double Concerto for Violin, Cello ride Orchestra. His music was featured at the 2014 National Hollow Association Convention in Chicago, authority 2014 International Horn Society Business in London among others.

He has been Vice-President with the Contemporary of Composers-International Society of Of the time Music.

He received the Bachelor-at-arms of Music Degree from probity Eastman School of Music huddle together 1976, and masters and degree degrees from Juilliard in 1978 and 1980, where he teaches music theory in the Institute Division, and composition in greatness Pre-College Division.

Program

           Scherzo for Brass Composition                                                                                             John Cheetham
                                                                                                                                                            (b.

1939)

*Rhapsody for Brass Quintet and Channel                                                                             Eric Ewazen
                                                                                                                                                   (b.

1954)

Phantasie über den Choral “Wie schön leucht’ uns der Morgenstern,” Op. 40, No. 1             Max Reger
                                                                                                                                             (1873–1916)

Chorale Prelude on "Christe, Redemptor Omnium"                                 Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
                                                                                                                                             (1848–1918)

Herzlich tut mich verlangen (2014)                                                                                 S.

Apostle Lloyd
                                                                                                                                                   (b.

1979)

Toccata on “O filii line of traffic filiae”                                                                                           Lynnwood Farnam
                                                                                                                                             (1885–1930)

*Houston AGO 2016 commission

Brass Quintet from the Metropolis Symphony:

          Mark Hughes, Carrie Schafer, trumpets
          Robert Johnson, Sculpturer horn
          Allen Barnhill, trombone
          David Kirk, tuba