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Jean Berger

1909 - 2002 Topics: Acrostic Psalms Composer (refrain) of "[The eyes of all wait upon thee]" in Christian Worship Jean Berger, born Artur Schlossberg in Hamm, Germany, the son of Orthodox Jews, he studied music in Vienna and Heidelberg and received a PhD in Musicology from Heidelberg. He served briefly as assistant conductor of the Darmstadt Opera and then was forced to flee Nazi Germany. He studied in Paris where he was also a choir conductor. He traveled throughout Europe and the Near East as a pianist and accompanist. He spent some time in Brazil as a conductor and teacher. He moved to the United States in 1941. He served in the U.S. Army producing foreign language broadcasts and traveling with USO shows. He was a faculty member at Middlebury College, Vermont, the University of Illinois, and the University of Colorado. He composed mostly choral works, but also orchestral works. Dianne Shapiro, from "Jean Berger Music and Personal Papers, 1931-2002" American Music Research Center, University of Colorado at Boulder

Bradley Ellingboe

Topics: Acrostic Psalms Composer of "[Grant me understanding, that I may live]" in Psalms for All Seasons Bradley Ellingboe has led a wide-ranging career in the world of singing, including accomplishments as a choral conductor, soloist, composer, scholar and teacher. As a choral conductor he has led festival choruses in 35 states and 14 foreign countries. He made his operatic conducting debut in December, 2011, leading the world-premiere of Stephen Paulus’s opera Shoes for the Santo Niño in a joint production by the Santa Fe Opera and the University of New Mexico. As a bass-baritone soloist he has sung under such conductors as Robert Shaw, Helmuth Rilling, and Sir David Willcocks. Ellingboe has over 140 pieces of music in print, including the Requiem for chorus and orchestra, which has been performed more than 300 times in this country and Europe, and his newest work, Star Song, which had its New York debut (Lincoln Center) in May of 2014, and its European debut in July of that year. For his scholarly work in making the songs of Edvard Grieg more accessible to the English-speaking public, he was knighted by the King of Norway in 1994. As a teacher, the University of New Mexico Alumni Association named him Faculty of the Year in 2008. Bradley Ellingboe retired in 2015 after serving on the faculty of the University of New Mexico for 30 years, where he was Director of Choral Activities, Professor of Music and Regents Lecturer. During his three decades at UNM he also served at various times as Chairman of the Department of Music and Coordinator of Vocal Studies. He 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. His music has been performed and recorded by such groups as the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Philip Brunelle’s VocalEssence, the Saint Olaf Choir, the Harvard Glee Club, Craig Hella Johnson’s Conspirare, and the choirs of the University of Michigan and Luther College, among many others. From Bradley Ellingboe.com, authorized by Bradley Ellingboe