Laura Ellis
School of Music

Associate Professor
T: 273-3181
E: lrellis@ufl.edu

Address:
MUB P.O. Box 117900
Gainesville, Fl 32611-7900

Laura Ellis serves the University of Florida as associate professor in the School of Music. Dr. Ellis teaches undergraduate and graduate organ, harpsichord, and carillon. 

Ellis is a graduate of Luther College (Decorah, Iowa) and holds a Master of Music degree in church music and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in organ performance from the University of Kansas. Her major organ teachers have been James Higdon and William Kuhlman. While in residence at the University of Kansas, she studied carillon with Albert Gerken.

Prior to her Florida appointment, Ellis served as professor of music at McMurry University and held the position of parish organist at the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest in Abilene, TX. Ellis began her teaching career at the University of the Ozarks in Clarksville, Arkansas.

In October 2007 Ellis traveled to Australia for a series of five recitals, including a solo organ recital on the Great Hall Organ at the University of Sydney. She also performed solo carillon recitals at the University of Sydney and at the National Carillon in the capital city of Canberra.

Recital engagements as organist have included appearances with the Jacksonville (FL) Symphony, Piccolo Spoleto (Charleston, SC), Westminster Abbey, and various locations throughout Florida, Texas, and the South. In addition to her performances on the carillon in Century Tower on the University of Florida campus, Ellis has performed solo carillon recitals throughout the United States and Canada. Recent appearances include recitals at International Carillon Festival in Springfield, Illinois; Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa: House of Hope Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis. Minnesota; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Spokane, Washington.

During the Summer of 2009 Ellis presented solo carillon recitals in Western New York, including the University of Rochester, Alfred University, and Pennsylvania State University. Ellis will present a solo organ recital at the Region IV Mid-winter conference of the American Guild of Organists in January 2010.

Active in the American Guild of Organists, Ellis is currently District Convener for the state of Florida. She serves as director of the Music and Publications Committee for the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America and was recently elected to the organization\\\'s Board of Directors.

A former winner of the Gruenstein Memorial Organ Competition, Ellis is active as a recitalist and clinician. Her CD entitled “Legacy: Laura Ellis Plays the Organ Works of Jeanne Demessieux,” was released under the Pro Organo label. 


2009 Recital Schedule

Organ - - -

Sunday, October 11, 4:00 p.m.
Christ Church Episcopal
Pensacola, Florida
Sponsored by the Pensacola Chapter of the American Guild of Organists

Sunday, October 25, 4:00 p.m.
St. Catherine\'s Episcopal
Temple Terrace, Florida

Friday, January 8, 7:30 p.m.
Faculty Recital
University Auditorium, University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

Monday, January 18, 7:00 p.m.
St. Thomas More Catholic Church
Sarasota, Florida
America Guild of Organists Region IV Mid-winter Conference

Workshops - - -

Saturday, October 10, 9:30 a.m.
Christ Church Episcopal
Pensacola, Florida
Workshop on Hymn and Service Playing
Sponsored by the Pensacola Chapter of the American Guild of Organists

Wednesday, January 20, 1:00 p.m.
Workshop on "New and Notable Music"
Sarasota, Florida
American Guild of Organists Region IV Mid-winter Conference

On the web:

Organ Studio Website
Carillon Studio Website