Jane Ellen
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My Career
My Musical Education
Music Teachers: Composition: Dr William Wood, Piano: George Robert, Dr William Seymour, Harpsichord: Dr Susan Patrick, Voice: Kathleen Ives-Clawson
Masterclasses: UNM Composers Symposiums with Joan Tower, Alan Hovhaness, Michael Mauldin, Ruth Lomon, others
Music Camps:
Music Festivals:
Youth Ensembles:
My Education
University/School: The University of New Mexico
Class Year: 1992
Major:
Music Performance
Degree: BA
Major:
Religious Studies
Degree: BA
Organizations, Sports, Awards: Summa cum laude, one degree/double majors, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, SAI, Friends of Relig. Studies Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement
University/School: The University of New Mexico
Class Year: 1993
Organizations, Sports, Awards: Completed 15 hours towards M.M. in Composition, Graduate Tuition Fellowship Award
University/School: MTNA
Class Year: 2002
Organizations, Sports, Awards: Awarded Permanent Professional Masters Certification, based on merit and accumulated earned credits
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Name: Jane
Ellen
Location: Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Gender: Female
My relationship to classical music: Composer
My Hometown:
Favorite types of classical music: All
Favorite classical music eras: Medieval , Renaissance , Romantic , Contemporary
My Interests
About Me: I've been composing professionally since 1986, and have recorded three CDs as a pianist. My catalogue contains works for chamber orchestra, musical theatre, choir, piano, organ, violin, cello, woodwind quintet, string trio, voice, and other chamber ensembles. For more information, please visit my website at www.janeellen.com, my blog at janesjournal.wordpress.com or www.myspace.com/janeellenmusic
Favorite composers: Bernstein, Neil Hannon, Mozart, Britten, Jim Steinman, Brahms, John Addison, John Lennon, Beethoven, Berg, Kate Bush, James Cohn, Copland, Elvis Costello, Delia Darbyshire, David Del Tredici, Keith Emerson, Gershwin, Murray Gold, Hildegard von Bingen, Holst, Maurice Jarré, Adrian Johnston, Jonathan Larson, Prokofiev, Respighi, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rutter, Sondheim, Vaughan Williams, P K Waddle, Walton ......
Favorite piece of music: Academic Festival Overture by Brahms, Prokofiev's 3rd Piano Concerto, The Lark Ascending by Vaughan Williams, Mozart's Requiem, Four Sea Interludes by Britten, Beethoven's 7th Symphony, Chichester Psalms and Mass by Bernstein, The Juliet Letters by Elvis Costello, Columba Aspexit by Hildegard, Korngold's Violin Concerto, Brahms Violin Concerto in D, Gershwin's 2nd Rhapsody, Emerson's Piano Concerto, Sondheim's Sweeney Todd ......
Favorite artist: Itzhak Perlman, Evgeny Kissin ...
Favorite recording: I'll have a think on that one.
I regularly attend (ex: New York Phil.):
Favorite pre/post concert hangout: Anywhere my friends are.
If a musician, what is your instrument: computer/Finale, piano, keyboards
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Personal Website: www.janeellen.com
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Professional affiliations (ex: ASTA, MENC): ASCAP, SAI American Composers Bureau (National Director), Centre for the Promotion of Contemporary Composers (CPCC), CDBaby.com (recorded music distributor), the Alamo Society, Proud Partner of Conscience with Amnesty International.
Anything else about your classical music interests: Hopelessly eclectic composer, will happily write for any media and in nearly any style, but prefer hearing others play my works rather than performing them myself.
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