Encore Wind Ensemble
Peter Haberman, Conductor

Wedding Dance - Jacques Press
The Grace in Being - Julie Giroux
Symphonic Metamorphosis - Paul Hindemith

Southview Middle School

South View Middle School Band
Nicholas Ellison, Conductor

nick Ellison as he sees himself

Nicholas Ellison teaches middle school band at South View Middle School in Edina Public Schools, having previously taught elementary band in the same district. He conducts the Minnesota Youth Symphony Wind Orchestra, an ensemble dedicated to introducing young musicians to orchestral playing. He has presented and performed at the Minnesota Music Education Association Midwinter Clinic, including the presentation "Itinerant And So Can You."

Ellison graduated from St. Olaf College with a degree in music and management, a graduate of the Johnson-Auge School for Music Management. Ellison has completed a master’s degree from the American Band College of Sam Houston State University and studied music education at the University of Minnesota. He performs as a trumpet player in Encore Wind Ensemble.