Ellen Lindquist, Resumé

Education

M.A., Music Composition: 2002, Stony Brook University, New York; Ph.D. begun 2003
B.A., Music Composition and Piano: 1993, Middlebury College, Vermont (Concentration in French)
Additional studies: 1992, La Schola Cantorum (piano and cello) and La Sorbonne, Paris; 1993, Adamant Piano School, Vermont

Selected Commissions

Groundings for alto saxophone, cello, and piano; commissioned by British trio Ephyra (2004)
I Dream'd in a Dream for men's chorus, violin, and piano; commissioned by the Maine Gay Men's Chorus (2002)
Aspetuck Waters for piano and string orchestra; commissioned by Easton Arts Council (Easton, CT) (1999)
Our Fathers' Daughters (performance art) for solo cello; commissioned by the Northampton Moving Writing Group (1998)
Three Excursions for string orchestra and percussion; commissioned by the Virginia unit of the American String Teachers' Association and the Youth Orchestras of Prince William for the 1996 Virginia Music Educators Association Conference

Recordings and Publications

2006: CD release, GoFish Records: Thomas Burritt, marimba, Scorned as Timber, Beloved of the Sky (forthcoming)
2006: Scorned as Timber, Beloved of the Sky, published by Keyboard Percussion Publications (forthcoming)
All other music of Ellen Lindquist published by Apple Mountain Music Press (ASCAP)

Selected Awards and Residencies

American-Scandinavian Foundation grant: 4-month composition residency in Sweden (March 2006)
The Ackerman Award for Excellence in Music: Stony Brook University (May 2005)
Artist in Residence, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada (January 2005; September 2002-March 2003)

Selected Festivals and Concerts

The Tenri Cultural Institute: Romanska Bågar (premiere); Nakoda; Groundings (May 2006, New York)
Performances of Groundings by the Scarborough Trio: 22nd Annual Chamber Music Yellow Springs Competition Finals (April 2006, OH); Drew University (March 2006, NJ); The Kravis Center (February 2006, FL)
Performances of Scorned as Timber, Beloved of the Sky by Thomas Burritt: Leigh Howard Stevens Marimba Seminars (June 2006, NJ; June 2005, NJ; July 2005, TX); University of Texas at Austin, Faculty Recital (March 2006)
The Music for Peace Project 2006: I Dream'd in a Dream; Nakoda; Groundings (Judson Memorial Church, April 2006, NYC)
Composition concert mini-tour: 8 pieces by Lindquist. Port Jefferson, NY; Easton, CT; Stony Brook, NY (February 4-6, 2006)
Cathedral of St. John the Divine Concert Series: Groundings performed by The Scarborough Trio (May 2005, New York, NY)
Premiere of Groundings by the British trio Ephyra at the Jacqueline DuPré Concert Hall (November 2004, Oxford, England)
Western Illinois New Music Festival: performance of Nakoda (also gave talk and co-led masterclass) (March 2004, Macomb, IL)
The Gregg Smith Singers' Concert Series: performance of I Dream'd in a Dream, Gregg Smith, cond. (Nov. 2003, New York, NY)
Solo composition concert, Staller Center for the Arts, Stony Brook University (2002, Stony Brook, NY)

Teaching and other Professional Experience

Adjunct professor, Stony Brook University: music analysis (1650-1850, 1850-present); fundamentals of music; private composition classes (2004-06)
Co-founder and organizer of The Music for Peace Project, a global concert series for peace (2/04, 4/05, 4/06)
Guest composer, City University of New York (Queens College); LaGuardia Community College (New York) (1996)
ASCAP: Composer member, 1995-present; Music Publisher, d.b.a. Apple Mountain Music Press, 1997-present
Concert organizer, Finale™ music copyist, Freelance pianist, Piano teacher (1993-present)