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Paul Ellison

Paul Ellison’s degrees come from Royal Academy of Music (DipRAM, LRAM ); London University (BMus); Queens’ College, Cambridge (PGCE); San José State University (M.A., musicology); Cardiff University (Ph.D., musicology). He is the director of music at Church of the Advent, San Francisco; editor of “The Beethoven Journal;” former editor of “The Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians” (2010-15) and was elected vice president in June 2016 and will serve a two-year term as president from 2017-19. His first monograph, “The Key to Beethoven: Connecting Tonality and Meaning in his Music,” was published last year.

Focus: Musicology, Organ & Choral Performance, Gregorian chant

Email: ellison@sfsu.edu