ERIC WILLIAM BARNUM

A choral director and composer, Eric William Barnum, M.M. is currently the director of the Maverick Men's Ensemble at Minnesota State University, Mankato. He holds a B.A. in Music with emphases in Composition and Vocal Performance from Bemidji State University. He also has an advanced degree in Choral Conducting from Minnesota State University, Mankato under the direction of Dr. David Dickau.
 
  Eric William Barnum's compositions have been performed throughout the United States and Europe. He is currently the Composer-in-Residence for Kantorei, based in Denver, CO for the 2005-2006 season. He was the Composer-in-Residence for The Rose Ensemble, an acclaimed early music ensemble in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area in 2004-2005. He was a recipient of both a Bush Foundation Artist Fellowship and a McKnight Foundation Grant in 2005. He received a JCCP Composers Grant (funded by the Jerome Foundation in association with the American Composer's Forum) in 2004. He also was the winner of the Chanticleer Composer Competition in 2003 with She Walks in Beauty, premiered by the world-renowned ensemble. With a growing list of published works, several pieces have been chosen for state and regional ACDA conventions and international tours.
 
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