Michael Elgin, Composer

Michael Eglin (b. 1975 in Niagara Falls, NY) holds degrees in piano and composition from the State University of New York-Fredonia School of Music and from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He has studied with such composers as Donald Bohlen, Joel Feigin, and Bill Kraft, and Early music with Alejandro Planchart. Active as a conductor and singer as well as a composer, Eglin presently teaches at Santa Barbara City College, serves as Director of Music and Organist at El Montecito Presbyterian Church, and is the Artistic Director of the men’s vocal octet, Adelfos Ensemble. He resides in Santa Barbara with his wife Sarah and three children (David, James, & Margaret). His choral works are published through Santa Barbara Music Publishing.