Ellsworth Milburn

Ellsworth Milburn (born February 6, 1938 in Greensburg , Pennsylvania , † May 3, 2007 in Hunlock Creek , Pennsylvania) was an American composer and pianist .

Life

Milborn started playing the piano as a child. He studied piano with Mildred Gardner and Karin Dayas and composition with Scott Huston , Paul Cooper , Henri Lazarof and Darius Milhaud . During his studies (until 1962) at the University of California, Los Angeles , he performed as a jazz pianist. During a guest appearance by the improvisational theater group The Second City in Los Angeles, he worked as their piano accompanist. From 1963 to 1968 he was a permanent member and musical director of the San Francisco-based group The Committee . In 1968 he received his Masters of Arts from Mills College in Oakland, California. 1970 followed the Doctor of Music at the College-Conservatory of Music Cincinnati .

He then taught at the University of Cincinnati before following his colleagues Paul Cooper and Anne Schnoebelen to Rice University in 1975 , where he founded the Shepherd School of Music with their support . Until 1999 he was Professor of Composition and Music Theory at Rice University. His students included Efraín Amaya and Stephen Yip .

In addition to symphonic works and piano pieces, Milborn mainly composed chamber music, including two string quartets. He received composition commissions a. a. from the Boston Symphony Orchestra , the Concord String Quartet, and the Lark String Quartet and has received four awards from the National Endowment for the Arts .

Milburn, Ellsworth. In: David M. Cummings: International Who's Who In Music And Musicians' Directory . 17th edition, Melrose Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 0-948875-71-2 , p. 614.

personal data
SURNAME	Milburn, Ellsworth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American composer, music educator, and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH	February 6, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH	Greensburg , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH	May 3, 2007
Place of death	Hunlock Creek , Pennsylvania