Elliot Del Borgo
From Wind Repertory Project
Biography
Elliot Del Borgo (born 27 October 1938 in Port Chester, NY) holds a B.S. degree from the State University of New York, an Ed.M. degree from Temple University, and an M.M. degree from the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music, where he studied theory and composition with Vincent Persichetti and trumpet with Gilbert Johnson. In 1973, he was granted the doctoral equivalency by SUNY, and was later elected to membership in the American Bandmasters Association in 1993.
Del Borgo taught instrumental music in the Philadelphia public schools and was Professor of Music at the Crane School of Music, where he held teaching and administrative positions from 1966 to 1995. An award-winning member of ASCAP, he is a frequent consultant, clinician, lecturer, and adjudicator in the United States and abroad. Mr. Del Borgo is an internationally-known conductor of bands and orchestras.
In addition to his music for the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, he has published nearly 500 compositions for a variety of media. His music reflects the aesthetics of twentieth-century musical ideals through its eclectic nature and vigorous harmonic and rhythmic style.
Works for Winds
- Ancient Air and Dance
- Chant Rituals
- Crown and Scepter
- Dervish Dance
- Dies Irae (Del Borgo)
- Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
- Festa
- Lest We Forget
- New England Suite
- Prelude and Dance
- Sea Trilogy
- Shaker Variants
- Slavonic Dances
- Tryptich II
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