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Ellen_banffThe music of American-Dutch composer Ellen Lindquist has been performed throughout the world. Lindquist finds inspiration in the discovery of unique sound-worlds and thrives on collaboration, with dance, theatre, poetry, performance art and, particularly, devised music theatre — such as drömseminarium, a staged work for fifteen musicians based on the poetry of Nobel laureate Tomas Tranströmer. Her newest major work, Mantra (a concerto for Indonesian gamelan with Espen Aalberg and the Trondheim Sinfonietta) was released by BIS Records in October 2018. Ellen’s work has been heard at venues such as Carnegie Hall, The United Nations, The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine (New York), and Konserthuset (Stockholm). Past commissions range from solo and chamber pieces to choral and orchestral works. Her work is published by Potenza Music, Marimba Productions, Inc., and Apple Mountain Music Press (ASCAP).

Lindquist received her BA in composition from Middlebury College, Vermont, and both her MA and PhD in composition from New York’s Stony Brook University, where she has also taught. Lindquist has also taught at Sweden’s Gotland School of Music Composition, and since 2013 has taught as Associate Professor at Trondheim’s NTNU Institute of Music. As a pianist, Ellen has performed as chamber musician and accompanist in the US, Canada, and Europe. She is a member of the Norwegian Society of Composers and is currently working with support from a four-year Artist grant from Arts Council Norway. She lives with her family on the Fosen peninsula, near Trondheim, Norway. A deep respect for and love of the natural world is reflected in her work. Current work includes an international project in China’s remarkable Longyou Caves, a collaborative project with poet Margrethe Aas and Alpaca Trio, a new piece for Kammerkoret Aurum, and landscape music projects in Norway and Sweden.

(last updated May 2019)

 

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Curriculum Vitae

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Catalogue of Works

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Publisher: Apple Mountain Music Press (ASCAP)
(** Published by Marimba Productions, Inc.)

Music-Theatre/Performance Art/Theatre/Dance

drömseminarium (dreamseminar), an evening-length work for music-theatre based on the poetry of Tomas Tranströmer. Produced by Companion Star of New York (premiere in Sweden and New York, 2011)
Gaia (1998) (solo violin); dance piece titled Shruthi: Something Heard choreographed by Andrea Olsen.
Commissioned by the Middlebury College Department of Dance.
Our Fathers’ Daughters (1997) (solo cello); evening-length performance art piece.
Commissioned by the Northampton Moving Writing Group.
Heresies (1994) (flute, oboe, percussion, piano, cello); music for the play Heresies (1985) by Debra Levy.
Commissioned by the Middlebury College Department of Theatre.

Orchestral

Aspetuck Waters (1998) for piano, string orchestra, and percussion.
Commissioned by The Friends of the Easton Public Library.
Three Excursions (1996) for string orchestra and percussion. Jointly commissioned by the Virginia Unit of the American String Teachers’ Association and the Youth Orchestras of Prince William.

Choral

I Dream’d in a Dream (2002) for TTBB (or SATB) chorus, violin, piano (text: Walt Whitman).
Commissioned by the Maine Gay Men’s Chorus.
The Bears Wake Up (2004) for children’s chorus (text: Marilyn A. Johnson).
Commissioned by the Pocantico Hills School.

Vocal Works

Chants d’Amour et de Mort (1996), a song cycle with poetry by Isabelle Balot for tenor, violin, cello, and piano.
Commissioned by Isabelle Balot.
The Second Coming (1993/2001) for soprano, tenor, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, and cello
(text: Wiiliam Butler Yeats).
Groundings (2004) for soprano, Indian harmonium, violin, and piano
This instrumentation commissioned by the Karlsson/Holmertz/Hellqvist trio (Oslo, Norway).

Chamber Music

Duo: Zosa (2005) for oboe and piano. Commissioned by Laura Karney.

Trio:
Groundings
(2004) for alto sax (or clarinet), cello, and piano (also for alt fl, bsn, pno; alt fl, vc, pno; tenor sax, bass cl, pno; vln, vc, pno).
Commissioned by the British trio Ephyra. (Later versions for the Hagen Trio, The Water Project, The Thelema Trio, and the Scarborough Trio)
Aanlanden
(2010) for string trio. For the Maranti Strijktrio (the Netherlands).

Quintet: Fanfare (2001) for brass quintet. Commissioned by the Stony Brook University Department of Music.

Sextet: Aspetuck Waters (1998) arranged for piano with two violins, viola, cello, and bass.

Solo

Nakoda (2002) for solo amplified alto flute. Commissioned by Erin Lesser.
Zonnebloem (2008) for solo clarinet. Commissioned by Alicia Bennett.
Turning Towards the Sea: 17 Haiku for Solo Trombone (2005). Commissioned by Benjamin Lanz.
Scorned as Timber, Beloved of the Sky (2003) for solo marimba. Commissioned by Trent Petrunia. **
Be Still, My Soul (2001) for multi-percussion solo. Commissioned by I-Ju Chang. **
Eos (2005) for solo violin. Commissioned by Benjamin Robison.
Gaia (1998) for solo violin. Commissioned by the Middlebury College Department of Dance.
Pastorale and Invention (1995) for solo piano.