Brian Ellard

Brian Joseph Ellard, M.A., Ph.D., (born January 15, 1940) is a Canadian educator, musicologist, arranger, and conductor.[1][2]

Early life and education

Ellard earned a PhD from Eastman's School of Music.[3][4]

Career

In 1967, Ellard was the director of the Ellard was the chairman of the Music Department at the University of Moncton.[5] In 1978 he served a one-year appointment as the Dean university's 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]

IFrom 1983 to 1988 Ellard headed the Music Department at Mount Allison University.[2][10] He was the conductor of the Prince Edward Island Symphony Orchestra.[11]

References
Citations
  1. Chartier, Yves. "Brian Ellard". The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada. The Historica Dominion Institute. thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  2. MusiCanada. Issues 59-62. Canadian Music Council. 1988. pp. 16–17.
  3. Allen Laurence Cohen (2004). Howard Hanson in Theory and Practice. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 180–. ISBN 978-0-313-32135-1.
  4. "Eastman School of Music", Rochester Review, Summer 1987, page 43.
  5. Canada music book. 4–9. Conseil canadien de la musique. 1972. p. 162.
  6. ["U de S music director retires from department"]. Township Week, Dec 3, 1982, page 5. Accessed through Collections Canada.
  7. "Dix ans de présence musicale en Estrie". Le Devoir, Madeleine Leblanc, 19 October 2002
  8. Canadian University Music Review. 3–4. Canadian University Music Society. 1982. p. 328.
  9. 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.
  10. "Music at Mount Allison University". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  11. "Musical Mark". Jim Day. The Guardian (Charlottetown) 2012-12-01


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