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Canadian music conductor
Brian Joseph Ellard ,
M.A. ,
Ph.D. , (January 15, 1940 – July 29, 2021) was a
Canadian
educator ,
musicologist ,
arranger , and
conductor .
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[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).
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[3]
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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.
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[6]
From 1983 to 1988, Ellard headed the Music Department at
Mount Allison University .
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[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.
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Death
Brian Joseph Ellard died on July 29, 2021, in
Moncton ,
New Brunswick .
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References
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b
Chartier, Yves.
"Brian Ellard" .
The Canadian Encyclopedia .
The Historica Dominion Institute . Retrieved June 17, 2017 .
^
a
b
MusiCanada . Vol. Issues 59-62. Canadian Music Council. 1988. pp. 16–17.
^ Allen Laurence Cohen (2004).
Howard Hanson in Theory and Practice . Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 180–.
ISBN
978-0-313-32135-1 .
^ "Eastman School of Music", Rochester Review , Summer 1987, page 43.
^
Canada music book . Vol. 4–9. Conseil canadien de la musique. 1972. p. 162.
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c ["U de S music director retires from department"]. Township Week , December 3, 1982, page 5. Accessed through Collections Canada.
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"Dix ans de présence musicale en Estrie" . Le Devoir , Madeleine Leblanc, October 19, 2002
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Canadian University Music Review . Vol. 3–4. Canadian University Music Society. 1982. p. 328.
^ Jean M. M. Dubois (1989).
Les Cantons de l'Est: aspects géographiques, politiques, socio-économiques et culturels . Éditions de l'Université de Sherbrooke. p. 229.
ISBN
978-2-7622-0049-2 .
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"Music at Mount Allison University" . www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca . Retrieved 2023-12-21 .
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"Musical Mark" . Jim Day. The Guardian (Charlottetown) December 1, 2012
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"Brian J. Ellard Phd" . Cobb's Funeral Home . Retrieved August 2, 2021 .
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