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Founder, Manager, Flutist
Trio Desjardins
Sudbury, Massachusetts
ellengiven@comcast.net
http://www.cambridgewhoswho.com
Cambridge Who’s Who® Expert Since : July 22 2008
Cambridge Who’s Who® Member Since : November 10 2006
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Industry:
Media and Entertainment
Field:
Music Performance
Area(s) of Expertise:
Ms. Given's expertise is in playing the flute, performing music, creative expression, writing and lecturing. She is also an expert is in the organization of small chamber groups and teaching flute. Her poetry has been influenced by T.S. Elliott and she has studied the lives of Dylan Thomas, Sylvia Plath (from Wellesley) and Ann Sexton (from Weston). “I have ironic, geographical ties to them,” she elaborates.
Employment History:
Published Works:
Ms. Given is also a sovereign and American ambassador. She studied with Murray Panitz and John Wummer and her composition was with Michael White.
Public Speaking Experience:
Why
She
is an Expert:
Her experience and integrity have propelled Ms. Given to the forefront of the local music culture.
Best Advice:
“Develop a business sense. You can create all you want, but if you don’t have some kind of business sense, it’s just going to sit there.”
Passionate about:
“Maintaining a toxin-free environment with a favorable atmosphere, in every sense of the word. Finding performance venues for original work; working towards the historic preservation of these venues.”
Biography Excerpt:
Ellen M. Given was born in Darby, Pennsylvania. She is a seasoned flutist, and the founder and manager of Trio Desjardins. With more than 40 years of experience as a professional musician, she has had an illustrious career playing the flute and piccolo with the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, the CBC Radio Orchestra and the national Broadway tour of “Pirates of Penzance.” For the past 20 years, she has taught at the All Newton Music School, where she also directs the flute ensembles.
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Interview Excerpt
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Cambridge Who's Who:
What would you like to promote most about yourself or your business?
ELLEN
M
GIVEN
: All these years of managing this trio and performing with them. My compositions are mostly chamber music. I’m also a writer of poetry, science fiction and short stories. I have organized a reading series. They are two separate careers, but they are interrelated. Each are expressions – one with words and one with music.
Was anybody else in your family musically inclined?
My mother was a pianist. My father, like Leonardo da Vinci, taught industrial arts and was a woodworker. He was a real legend in his time. He was French Huguenot – French, Swiss, and German-Pennsylvania Dutch. There was a lot of skill with the hands with the French Huguenots.
What is the most significant issue facing your profession today?
Musically, it’s the survival of the artist against being replaced by electronic means or non-union performers. There is also the issue of sustaining venues for the individual artist and for nonprofit groups. These are particularly difficult issues in the United States.
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