Michael Elgin, Composer

Publishing:
Santa Barbara Music Publishing Inc.
Ethos Music Press

Composers/Performers:
Bradford Blackburn
Donald Bohlen
Kara Cornell
Emma Lou Diemer
Joel Feigin
Bill Kraft
Jennifer Logan
Adam Phillips
Patricio da Silva
Zachary Wadsworth

Performing Organizations:
Lincoln Chamber Singers
Philharmonic Chorus of Madison
Adelfos Ensemble
El Montecito Presbyterian
FUMC Santa Barbara
Indian Valley Ensemble
Pacific Chorale
Quire of Voyces
Santa Barbara City College
San Marcos Madrigals
The Thacher School
Arts Coalition of Long Island
Westmont College
Outer Banks Community Choir - NC
Young New Yorker's Chorus

Other links of interest:
The Medieval Chronicle

Press:
Christmas Vespers. Santa Barbara News Press, 12/22/09
"Eglin's fascinating and ambitious new work, 'Christmas Vespers'...is a marvel of a piece, boldly performed here and worthy of future performances."
- Josef Woodard

Sweet Babe, Wrapt in Twilight Shade. Santa Barbara Noozhawk, 12/21/09
The final piece on the program was Eglin’s touching Sweet Babe Wrapt in Twilight Shade. As it ended, the audience rose in an ovation.
- Margo Kline

Five Songs of William Blake. Santa Barbara News Press, 6/3/09
"Eglin cues off the delicate mixture of mysticism and earthiness in Blake's writing. Handsome features rise from the overall structure of his songs."
- Josef Woodard

Three Carols. Santa Barbara News Press, 12/22/08
"[Eglin] gave new and expanded choral life to obscure carols from Lancashire, England ("On Christmas Day") as well as from Kentucky ("The Cherry Tree of Cumberland") and Appalachia ("In Judah's Land").  The American tunes had a lovely, lilting, and unusual air, while also waxing vaguely gothic - American gothic that is."
- Josef Woodard

Barter.  The Orange County Register, 3/30/08
"Michael Eglin's "Barter," with text from Sara Teasdale, flowed along elegantly. His work
sounded organic and fluid, the emotional content matched well with the melancholic text."
- Peter Lefevre

Pacific Chorale announces winners of Young Composers Competition, 2/7/08
Santa Ana, CA, February 7, 2008 – Pacific Chorale today announced Zachary Wadsworth and
Michael Eglin as winners of its 2008 Young Composers Competition.  The two composers
were chosen from more than 70 applicants hailing from 20 states across the nation.