Brian Joseph Ellard, M.A., Ph.D., (January 15, 1940 – July 29, 2021) was a Canadian educator, musicologist, arranger, and conductor.[1][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).[1][3][4]

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.[7][6]

From 1983 to 1988, Ellard headed the Music Department at Mount Allison University.[2][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.[12]

Death

Brian Joseph Ellard died on July 29, 2021, in Moncton, New Brunswick.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 Chartier, Yves. "Brian Ellard". The Canadian Encyclopedia. The Historica Dominion Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
  2. 1 2 MusiCanada. Vol. 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. Vol. 4–9. Conseil canadien de la musique. 1972. p. 162.
  6. 1 2 3 ["U de S music director retires from department"]. Township Week, December 3, 1982, page 5. Accessed through Collections Canada.
  7. 1 2 "Dix ans de présence musicale en Estrie". Le Devoir, Madeleine Leblanc, October 19, 2002
  8. ↑ Canadian University Music Review. Vol. 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". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  11. ↑ "Musical Mark". Jim Day. The Guardian (Charlottetown) December 1, 2012
  12. 1 2 "Brian J. Ellard Phd". Cobb's Funeral Home. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
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