McKinley, Elliott Miles

1969 -
McKinley, Elliott Miles

Elliott Miles McKinley’s music has been performed throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. Commissions include those from the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Music Society, the SOLI Chamber Music Ensemble, the Mirari Brass Quintet, Transient Canvas, Hub New Music, the Estrella Consort, the Janàček Trio, and the Martinů String Quartet. His orchestral works have been performed by the Minnesota Orchestra, the Warsaw Philharmonic, the Czech Radio Symphony, and his music featured on international festivals including the BGSU Contemporary Music Festival, the Ernest Bloch Music Festival, and the University of Minnesota SPARK Festival. McKinley is a recipient of a number of awards and fellowships including a BMI Student Composer Award, a fellowship at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and grants from Meet the Composer, the American Music Center, and the American Composers Forum. In 2012, his percussion concerto, Four Grooves, won the Indiana State University Contemporary Music Festival’s MusicNow competition. In 2020 he was awarded a fellowship in composition from the Rhode Island Council for the Arts and a fellowship and residency at the Bolgiasco Foundation Study Center. Among other honors, McKinley was awarded a New Frontiers for the Arts and Humanities grant from Indiana University, received several Indiana University Faculty Research Grants, and several Roger Williams University Foundation Grants. Also active as a performer and improviser, McKinley is a founding member of earWorm, an electroacoustic improvisation ensemble of composer-performers.

Currently, McKinley is Associate Professor of Music Composition, Theory, and Music Technology at Roger Williams University and is the founder and director of the Alba Music Festival Composition Program. From 2008 to 2012, he served as Assistant Professor of Music and Music Program Coordinator at Indiana University East, developing the music program, the music curriculum, and building the department's electronic and computer music studio. McKinley served as composer-in-residence at InverHills College in Minnesota, and he has taught composition and theory at the University of Minnesota School of Music, St. Olaf College,  Washington and Lee University and the University of Tennessee School of Music. 

McKinley holds a Bachelor of Music degree in jazz studies from the New England Conservatory of Music, a Master of Music degree in composition from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. in composition from the University of Minnesota. Among principal teachers are John McNeil in jazz studies, and composers Malcolm Peyton, Alex Lubet, Doug Geers, David Gompper, George Balch Wilson, Michael Daugherty, and William Bolcom. 

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  • SHADOW DANCER SHADOW DANCER

    SHADOW DANCER

      Elliott Miles McKinley

      SHADOW DANCER

      piano, violin, violoncello

      $71.50
      $71.50
    • Six Movements for Brass Quintet Six Movements for Brass Quintet

      Six Movements for Brass Quintet

        Elliott Miles McKinley

        Six Movements for Brass Quintet

        2 tpt, hn, tbn, tba

        $71.50
        $71.50
      • SOLILOQUY SOLILOQUY

        SOLILOQUY

          Elliott Miles McKinley

          SOLILOQUY

          vibraphone

          $12.50
          $12.50
        • Soliloquy II Soliloquy II

          Soliloquy II

            Elliott Miles McKinley

            Soliloquy II

            steel pan

            $10.00
            $10.00
          • Soliloquy III Soliloquy III

            Soliloquy III

              Elliott Miles McKinley

              Soliloquy III

              soprano and steel pan

              $11.75
              $11.75
            • Soliloquy IV Soliloquy IV

              Soliloquy IV

                Elliott Miles McKinley

                Soliloquy IV

                solo dulcimer

                $11.50
                $11.50
              • Soliloquy V Soliloquy V

                Soliloquy V

                  Elliott Miles McKinley

                  Soliloquy V

                  guitar and steel pan

                  $14.00
                  $14.00
                • Sonata for Violin and Piano Sonata for Violin and Piano

                  Sonata for Violin and Piano

                    Elliott Miles McKinley

                    Sonata for Violin and Piano

                    $42.50
                    $42.50
                  • String Quartet No. 3 String Quartet No. 3

                    String Quartet No. 3

                      Elliott Miles McKinley

                      String Quartet No. 3

                      string quartet

                      $20.00
                      $20.00
                    • String Quartet No. 4 String Quartet No. 4

                      String Quartet No. 4

                        Elliott Miles McKinley

                        String Quartet No. 4

                        string quartet

                        $69.00
                        $69.00
                      • String Quartet No. 5 String Quartet No. 5

                        String Quartet No. 5

                          Elliott Miles McKinley

                          String Quartet No. 5

                          string quartet

                          $34.50
                          $34.50
                        • String Quartet No. 6 String Quartet No. 6

                          String Quartet No. 6

                            Elliott Miles McKinley

                            String Quartet No. 6

                            string quartet

                            $47.00
                            $47.00
                          • String Quartet No. 7 String Quartet No. 7

                            String Quartet No. 7

                              Elliott Miles McKinley

                              String Quartet No. 7

                              string quartet

                              $70.00
                              $70.00
                            • String Quartet No. 8 String Quartet No. 8

                              String Quartet No. 8

                                Elliott Miles McKinley

                                String Quartet No. 8

                                string quartet

                                $68.50
                                $68.50
                              • Suite for Violin and Marimba Suite for Violin and Marimba

                                Suite for Violin and Marimba

                                  Elliott Miles McKinley

                                  Suite for Violin and Marimba

                                  violin, marimba

                                  $22.50
                                  $22.50

                                • SUMMER PORTRAITS

                                    Elliott Miles McKinley

                                    SUMMER PORTRAITS

                                    perc, chamber ens: fl/afl/pic, ob/eh, cl/bcl, vln, vc, pf

                                    Archival

                                  • Symphony No. 2 for Four Players Symphony No. 2 for Four Players

                                    Symphony No. 2 for Four Players

                                      Elliott Miles McKinley

                                      Symphony No. 2 for Four Players

                                      Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano

                                      $40.00
                                      $40.00
                                    • Three Autumn Sketches Three Autumn Sketches

                                      Three Autumn Sketches

                                        Elliott Miles McKinley

                                        Three Autumn Sketches

                                        fl, cl, bsn, tpt, pf, vn, va, vc

                                        $38.50
                                        $38.50
                                      • Three Portraits Three Portraits

                                        Three Portraits

                                          Elliott Miles McKinley

                                          Three Portraits

                                          cl, vn, vc, pf

                                          $60.00
                                          $60.00
                                        • Three Symphonic Moods Three Symphonic Moods

                                          Three Symphonic Moods

                                            Elliott Miles McKinley

                                            Three Symphonic Moods

                                            2222.2220.timp.3perc.pf/cel.strings

                                            $49.50
                                            $49.50
                                          • Two Moods for Orchestra Two Moods for Orchestra

                                            Two Moods for Orchestra

                                              Elliott Miles McKinley

                                              Two Moods for Orchestra

                                              Orchestra 2(2+picc)2(2+EH)2(2+Bcl)2(2+cbsn) - 2220 - timp, 3 perc, pno(+cel) - strings

                                              $41.50
                                              $41.50