# Brian Ellard

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**Brian Joseph Ellard**, [M.A.](/source/Master_of_Arts), [Ph.D.](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy), (January 15, 1940 – July 29, 2021) was a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) [educator](/source/Educator), [musicologist](/source/Musicologist), [arranger](/source/Music_arranger), and [conductor](/source/Conducting).[1][2]

## Early life and education

Born in [Ottawa](/source/Ottawa), [Ontario](/source/Ontario) in 1940, Brian Ellard studied music at the [Eastman School of Music](/source/Eastman_School_of_Music), where he earned three degrees: [BMus](/source/Bachelor_of_Music) (1966), [MA](/source/Master_of_Arts) (1968), and [PhD](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy) (1973).[1][3][4]

## Career

From 1970 to 1978, Ellard was the chairman of the Music Department at the [University of Moncton](/source/University_of_Moncton),[5] following which he held a one-year appointment as the Dean of the Faculty of Arts.[6]

In 1979 Ellard was chosen to head the Music Department at the [Université de Sherbrooke](/source/Universit%C3%A9_de_Sherbrooke).[7][8] In 1981 he founded Le Chœur symphonique de Sherbrooke,[9] and became the conductor of the [Sherbrooke Symphony Orchestra](/source/Sherbrooke_Symphony_Orchestra).[6] His time at Sherbrooke was short; the music program was never properly funded, and in 1982 Ellard gave up his efforts to organize the program and resigned.[7][6]

From 1983 to 1988, Ellard headed the Music Department at [Mount Allison University](/source/Mount_Allison_University).[2][10] During this time he was also the conductor of the [Prince Edward Island Symphony Orchestra](/source/Prince_Edward_Island_Symphony_Orchestra), a post he held until 1997.[11] He retired from Mount Allison in 2003.[12]

## Death

Brian Joseph Ellard died on July 29, 2021, in [Moncton](/source/Moncton), [New Brunswick](/source/New_Brunswick).[12]

## References

1. Chartier, Yves. ["Brian Ellard"](http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/brian-ellard-emc/). *[The Canadian Encyclopedia](/source/The_Canadian_Encyclopedia)*. [The Historica Dominion Institute](/source/The_Historica_Dominion_Institute). Retrieved June 17, 2017.

1. ["MusiCanada"](https://books.google.com/books?id=8yAKAQAAMAAJ). *MusiCanada*. No. 59–62. Canadian Music Council. 1988. pp. 16–17.[clarification needed]

1. Allen Laurence Cohen (2004). [*Howard Hanson in Theory and Practice*](https://books.google.com/books?id=6AAKBSlQAxMC&pg=PA180). Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 180–. ISBN 978-0-313-32135-1.

1. "Eastman School of Music", *Rochester Review*, Summer 1987, page 43.

1. [*Canada music book*](https://books.google.com/books?id=DURLAAAAYAAJ). Vol. 4-9. Conseil canadien de la musique. 1972. p. 162.

1. ["U de S music director retires from department"]. *Township Week*, December 3, 1982, page 5. Accessed through Collections Canada.

1. ["Dix ans de présence musicale en Estrie"](https://www.ledevoir.com/non-classe/11555/dix-ans-de-presence-musicale-en-estrie). *Le Devoir*, Madeleine Leblanc, October 19, 2002

1. [*Canadian University Music Review*](https://books.google.com/books?id=bS9LAAAAYAAJ). Vol. 3-4. Canadian University Music Society. 1982. p. 328.

1. Jean M. M. Dubois (1989). [*Les Cantons de l'Est: aspects géographiques, politiques, socio-économiques et culturels*](https://books.google.com/books?id=GfMUAAAAYAAJ). Éditions de l'Université de Sherbrooke. p. 229. ISBN 978-2-7622-0049-2.

1. ["Music at Mount Allison University"](https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mount-allison-university-emc). *www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca*. Retrieved 2023-12-21.

1. ["Musical Mark"](https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-guardian-charlottetown/20121201/283639642263940). Jim Day. *The Guardian* (Charlottetown) December 1, 2012

1. ["Brian J. Ellard Phd"](http://www.cobbsfuneralhome.ca/obituaries/155509). *Cobb's Funeral Home*. Retrieved August 2, 2021.

## External links

- [Works by or about Brian Ellard](http://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/lccn-n87-821903) in libraries ([WorldCat](/source/WorldCat) catalogue)

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