Resumé
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(last updated June 2012)
Education
2008 Ph.D., Music Composition: Stony Brook University, New York
2002 M.A., Music Composition: Stony Brook University, New York
Teachers: Daniel Weymouth, Daria Semegen, Sheila Silver
1993 B.A., magna cum laude, Music Composition and Piano: Middlebury College
(Concentration: French)
1992 La Schola Cantorum (piano and cello); La Sorbonne (literature), Paris
1988-89 Centre de Practique Musicale D’Annecy (piano); Conservatoire National d’Annecy (solfège)
Selected Projects
(please see Catalogue of Works)
2011 Antipoduo (Sarah Oates, violin and Claire Edwards, percussion)
2010 Maranti Trio (string trio; the Netherlands)
2010 Zoca Duo (oboe and guitar; Spain)
2010 Thelema Trio (clarinets, saxophones, and piano; Belgium)
2006 - 2011 "drömseminarium" ("dreamseminar"), an evening-length work for music-theatre based on the poetry of Tomas Tranströmer, produced by Companion Star (New York).
Premiere in Sweden and New York, 2011-2012 season.
2004 "Groundings" for alto saxophone, cello, and piano; commissioned by British trio Ephyra
2002 "I Dream’d in a Dream" for men’s chorus, violin, and piano; commissioned by the Maine Gay Men’s Chorus
Recordings and Publications
2011 Upcoming: The chamber music of Ellen Lindquist, Azica Records; Skogensemble.
2009 "Be Still, My Soul" (solo multi-percussion) published by Keyboard Percussion Publications
2006 "All Times Identical", Go Fish Records; Thomas Burritt, solo marimba (2006). "Scorned as Timber, Beloved of the Sky."
2006 "Scorned as Timber, Beloved of the Sky" (solo marimba) published by Keyboard Percussion Publications
1993-
presentAll other music of Ellen Lindquist published by Apple Mountain Music Press (ASCAP)
Selected Awards and Residencies
2010 Composition residency at the Visby International Centre for Composers, Gotland, Sweden
2009 Composition residency at the Visby International Centre for Composers, Gotland, Sweden (May)
2008 The American Swedish Institute’s Malmberg Scholarship: composition residency in Sweden (June-Dec.)
Composition residency at the Visby International Centre for Composers, Gotland, Sweden (May)
2007 New York State Council on the Arts: grant for commission funding (through Companion Star, Inc.) (December)
Artist-in-Residence, The International Ceramics Research Center: collaborative residency with ceramic artist Henny Linn Kjellberg, development of porcelain percussion instruments (July)
American-Scandinavian Foundation grant: 4-month composition residency in Sweden (March-June)
Composer-in-Residence, Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden (March-June)
2005 The Ackerman Award for Excellence in Music: Stony Brook University
Artist in Residence, The Banff Centre for the Arts: Banff, Alberta, Canada (January)
Selected Festivals and Concerts
2009 ISCM World Music Days 2009: "Nakoda" performed by Lars Linna, solo amplified alto flute (Visby, Sweden)
"Drömseminarium", Västerås Konserthus; produced by Companion Star, Inc., presented by Västmanlandsmusiken. (Västerås, Sweden)
2008 Three Excursions performed at Carnegie Hall by the Brookfield East Chamber Orchestra (New York, NY)
"Drömseminarium", Västerås Konserthus; produced by Companion Star, Inc., presented by Västmanlandsmusiken. (Västerås, Sweden)
2007 "Scorned as Timber, Beloved of the Sky" performed by Thomas Burritt; Nancy Zeltzman Marimba Seminar
"För levande och döda" (now "Drömseminarium"), Engsö Castle; produced by Companion Star, Inc., presented by Mälardalens University. (Västerås, Sweden)
2005-06 "Scorned as Timber, Beloved of the Sky" performed by Thomas Burritt; Leigh Howard Stevens Marimba Seminar
2006 Transits: Voices out of Wilderness: "Romanska Bågar", "Groundings", and "Nakoda" on a concert of new works at The Tenri Cultural Institute (NYC)
The Music for Peace Festival 2006: "I Dream’d in a Dream", "Nakoda", "Groundings" (Judson Memorial Church, NYC)
Tour: Program of 8 works by Lindquist. (Port Jefferson, NY; Easton, CT; Stony Brook, NY)
2005 Cathedral of St. John the Divine Concert Series: "Groundings" performed by The Scarborough Trio (NYC)
2004 Premiere of "Groundings" by the British trio Ephyra at the Jacqueline DuPré Concert Hall (Oxford, England)
Teaching and other Professional Experience
2009 Invited to offer 2-day workshop about Companion Star’s improvisational development technique
(Summer Music Academy, Mälardalens University, Västerås, Sweden)
2008 Visiting Professor, Gotlands Tonsättarskola (The Gotland School of Composition): harmony, fundamentals, analysis
2005-
2006Instructor, Stony Brook University, New York: music analysis; music theory; private composition classes (3 semesters)
2004-
2006Co-founder and organizer of the Music for Peace Project, a global concert series for peace (2/04, 4/05, 4/06)
1996-
presentGuest composer at universities and art centers in the U.S., Canada, Sweden, and Denmark
1995-
presentASCAP: Composer member
1997-
presentASCAP: Music Publisher, d.b.a. Apple Mountain Music Press
1993-
presentFreelance pianist, Piano teacher, Finale™ music copyist
