Faculty
PETER ELLINGSON, pianist and percussionist
Peter Ellingson is an instructor of music performance at the University of Colorado Denver. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from Northern Illinois University and his Master of Music degree from Arizona State University. Before coming to Denver, he worked as a freelance pianist and percussionist in Chicago, Phoenix, and Virginia Beach, performing with the Virginia Symphony, Williamsburg Classic Swing Orchestra, and Jerry Vale. Since moving to Denver, he has performed with Conjunto Colores, DKO, La Candela, Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra, Hot Tomatoes Dance Orchestra, Señor Gato, and Moments Notice Entertainment. His other teaching experiences come from Colorado Christian University, Red Rocks Community College and Arapahoe Community College.
At UCD, he teaches a number of piano, ear training, music appreciation and music theory classes as well as instructing the applied jazz piano students and directing the Latin Ensemble. He performs with the UC Denver Faculty Jazz Combo and performs in a number of other on-campus faculty recitals. As an author, he has written a number of fundamentals books which cover the topics of ear training, jazz piano, and drumset. Much of his research has been in the area of Cuban music and its performance. He is currently studying Spanish to allow for further research of the music and culture of the Caribbean.
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Peter Ellingson
Instructor
Northern Illinois University, B.M.
Arizona State University, M.M.
office: AR 274B
cell phone: (303) 882-1770
fax: (303) 556-2335
email: peter.ellingson@cudenver.edu
Please visit his faculty website at:
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~pellings/
3RD ANNUAL “NIGHT OF CUBAN MUSIC” PHOTO GALLERY
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Photo above of Peter Ellingson: Clinton T. Sander, photographer and alumnus of UC Denver's College of Arts & Media, Visual Arts Department.
