Mr. Bradley Ellingboe

Bradley Ellingboe has been on the faculty of the University of New Mexico since 1985, where he is Professor of Music and Regents Lecturer.  He has served as Chairman of the Department of Music.  In the fall of 2005 Ellingboe assumed the title of Director of Choral Activities. 
Ellingboe is a graduate of Saint Olaf College and the Eastman School of Music and has done further study at the Aspen Music Festival, the Bach Aria Festival, the University of Oslo and the Vatican. Ellingboe is well known as a composer of choral music, with over 100 pieces in print.  His largest work, the Requiem for choir and orchestra, was premiered in 2002. 
Ellingboe has won annual awards for his choral compositions from ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Arrangers and Publishers since 2000. Professor Ellingboe is the editor of Choral Music for Sundays and Seasons (2004), published by Augsburg Fortress Press. 
He is also editor of two books of songs by the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg.
For his efforts on behalf of Norwegian music, Ellingboe was awarded the Medal of Saint Olav by His Majesty King Harald V of Norway.