David Ellis (Chairman)
tel: 0161 440 9007 [outside UK: 00 44 161 440 9007]
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David Ellis was born in Liverpool in 1933 and studied
at the Royal Manchester College of Music from 1953 to 1957.
It was at this time that his composition gained recognition
not only through performances, but also in the form of commissions
and awards:the Royal Phiharmonic Prize, the Royal College of Music
Patrons' award, the Theodore Holland Award, the Royal Manchester
Institution Silver Medal, the Ricordi Prize and a Gulbenkian Award
From 1964, he worked at the BBC, initially having responsibility for
BBC Philharmonic programmes and subequently as Head of Music, BBC North
until 1986, when he became Artistic Director and Composer in Residence
for the Northern Chamber Orchestra.
Apart from performances by many organisations in the UK, his works have
been played with considerable success in Canada, the USA, Israel, Portugal,
Denmark, Australia and throughout Europe.
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