Eric Nelson is an

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choral conductor, clinician and composer.

Education

Nelson received his training in voice and choral conducting at

Houghton College Houghton University is a Private university, private Christian liberal arts college in Houghton, New York, United States. Houghton was founded in 1883 by Willard J. Houghton and is affiliated with the Wesleyan Church.Westminster Choir College Westminster Choir College (WCC) is a historic conservatory of music, currently operating on the campus of Rider University, in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Rider's College of Arts and Sciences (the college under which the historic institution has ...

and

Indiana University Indiana University (IU) is a state university system, system of Public university, public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. The system has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration o ...

Career

Eric Nelson is the director of choral studies at

Emory University Emory University is a private university, private research university in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was founded in 1836 as Emory College by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory. Its main campu ...

, where he teaches graduate choral conducting and choral literature. He conducts Emory's 40-voice Concert Choir and its 180-voice University Chorus. In 2004, he received the "Crystal Apple" award for excellence in teaching at the university. He is also the artistic director of the Atlanta Master Chorale, a 60-voice adult chamber choir specialising in ''a Capella'' repertoire. Nelson has conducted choirs throughout North America and Europe, including performances in Krakow, Berlin, Leipzig, Prague, Moscow, Washington, D.C.,

Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall ( ) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It is at 881 Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between 56th Street (Manhattan), 56th and 57th Street (Manhattan), 57t ...

Lincoln Center Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (also simply known as Lincoln Center) is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It has thirty indoor and outdoor facilities and is host to 5 ...

Spivey Hall Spivey Hall was built in 1991 on the campus of Clayton State University in Morrow, Georgia, near Atlanta, Georgia. Its seating capacity is 492 (476 in the orchestra and 16 box seats). It is a venue for live performances of jazz and classical musi ...

, the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, and both the Southern and National Conventions of the ACDA. His ensembles have been praised for their ability to combine a high level of technical precision with warmth of musical expression. Nelson has conducted and presented workshops for the

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, the Music Educator's National Conference, the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, the

Presbyterian Association of Musicians Presbyterian Association of Musicians (PAM) is a national organization of the Presbyterian Church (USA) for people who are involved in the areas of Reformed Christian worship, Church music, and liturgical arts. The national offices for this 1,600 ...

, the

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, Chorister's Guild, Church Music Explosion (at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church) and for numerous other churches, colleges and universities.

Works

Nelson is a

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of choral music whose works are published by Colla Voice and

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Colla Voice

* "Music, When Soft Voices Die" - In memory of Deborah A. Hunter, text by

Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley ( ; 4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822) was an English writer who is considered one of the major English Romantic poets. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame durin ...

. (

SATB In music, SATB is a scoring of compositions for choirs or consorts of instruments consisting of four voice types: soprano, alto, tenor and bass. Choral music Four-part harmony using soprano, alto, tenor and bass is a common scoring in classic ...

with piano accompaniment) ;Text :Music, when soft voices die, :Vibrates in the memory; :Odours, when sweet violets sicken, :Live within the sense they quicken. :Rose leaves, when the rose is dead, :Are heap'd for the beloved's bed; :And so thy thoughts, when thou art gone, :Love itself shall slumber on.

Augsburg Fortress

How Can I Keep from Singing? "How Can I Keep from Singing?" is an American folksong originating as a Christian hymn. The author of the lyrics was known only as 'Pauline T', and the original tune was composed by American Baptist minister Robert Lowry. The song is frequentl ...

": (SATB, ''a cappella'', released: February 4, 2002) *"It is Well With My Soul": (SATB, piano accompaniment, released: March 2, 2005)

References

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