Brian Ellard
Template:Short description Brian Joseph Ellard, M.A., Ph.D., (January 15, 1940 – July 29, 2021) was a Canadian educator, musicologist, arranger, and conductor.[1][2]
Early life and education
Born in Ottawa, Ontario in 1940, Brian Ellard studied music at the Eastman School of Music, where he earned three degrees: BMus (1966), MA (1968), and PhD (1973).[1][3][4]
Career
From 1970 to 1978, Ellard was the chairman of the Music Department at the University of Moncton,[5] following which he held a one-year appointment as the Dean of the Faculty of Arts.[6]
In 1979 Ellard was chosen to head the Music Department at the Université de Sherbrooke.[7][8] In 1981 he founded Le Chœur symphonique de Sherbrooke,[9] and became the conductor of the Sherbrooke Symphony Orchestra.[6] His time at Sherbrooke was short; the music program was never properly funded, and in 1982 Ellard gave up his efforts to organize the program and resigned.[7][6]
From 1983 to 1988, Ellard headed the Music Department at Mount Allison University.[2][10] During this time he was also the conductor of the Prince Edward Island Symphony Orchestra, a post he held until 1997.[11] He retired from Mount Allison in 2003.[12]
Death
Brian Joseph Ellard died on July 29, 2021, in Moncton, New Brunswick.[12]
References
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- ↑ a b c ["U de S music director retires from department"]. Township Week, December 3, 1982, page 5. Accessed through Collections Canada.
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External links
- Works by or about Brian Ellard in libraries (WorldCat catalogue)
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- 1940 births
- Living people
- University of Ottawa alumni
- Eastman School of Music alumni
- Academic staff of the Université de Moncton
- Canadian male conductors (music)
- Canadian educators
- Canadian musicologists
- Canadian music arrangers
- Musicians from Ottawa
- 21st-century Canadian conductors (music)
- 21st-century Canadian male musicians