LIEF ELLIS

Lief Ellis has a diverse career that encompasses music composition, electronic performance, educator and administrator. His formal education is in music composition. He received a Bachelor of Music from Radford University and received a Master of Music, and an Artist's Diploma, from The Hartt School (University of Hartford). Lief Ellis's recent work as a composer involves a commission from the Icelandic/American Amaranth Duo. The duo, consisting of Icelandic violinist Geirþrúður Ása Guðjónsdóttir and American guitarist Christopher Ladd, commissioned Lief to write a duet for them to premiere on their first international tour. Lief has also recently collaborated with Ken Steen and the Foot in the Door ensemble during the Dark Days Music Festival in Reykjavík Iceland. During this collaboration Lief composed and performed a quadraphonic electronic part to accompany the Foot in the Door ensemble's performance of Ken Steen's Depo Flux. In 2013 Lief created a new electronic score for José..