Position:
Professor of Music
Director of Bands
Degrees and Schools:
Bachelor’s in Music Ed., Furman University
Master’s in Woodwind Performance, Virginia Commonwealth University
Doctorate in Music Education, University of Illinois
Teaching Responsibilities:
Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Symphony Band
Chamber Winds
Conducting
Bassoon
Saxophone
Music Education
Director, Pioneer Summer Music Camp
Biographical Information:
Dr. Barry Ellis is Director of Bands and Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Under his past direction, the UWP Marching Pioneers performed at halftime for the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears. The Wind Ensemble, Symphony Band and Chamber Winds have performed for the Wisconsin National Band Association Convention. Both the Wind Ensemble and the Symphony Band record for Daehn Publications.
Dr. Ellis has studied and participated in master classes in conducting with James Keene, Paul Vermel, Harry Begian, Eugene Corporan, and Craig Kirchhoff. He studied bassoon with Jonathan Friedman and Sanford Berry and saxophone with Keith Young and Joseph Lulloff. His professional affiliations include Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Delta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (Province Governor), College Band Directors National Association, National Band Association, Music Educators National Conference, Wisconsin Music Educators Association, the North American Saxophone Alliance, and the International Double Reed Society.
Dr. Ellis was selected by the University of Wisconsin System as a Wisconsin Teaching Fellow in 1997. He has presented clinics for the Wisconsin Music Educators Association and has had articles published in the COLLEGE BAND DIRECTORS NATIONAL REPORT and THE INSTRUMENTALIST. He is a consultant for Drill Quest marching band drill design software, is principal bassonist with the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra and is active throughout the United States and Canada as an adjudicator and clinician with Educational Programs, Heritage Festivals, and Fiesta-val, Inc.
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