THOMPSON, Ellen
> CHORAL CONDUCTOR · PROFESSOR · COMPOSER
THOMPSON, Ellen 20th-century American choral conductor, professor and composer. She received her B.Mus. from Houghton College, NY, her M.A. (music) from Teachers’ College, Columbia University and her M.Mus. (piano) from the American Conservatory in Chicago, where she studied under Lillian Powers-Wadsworth and Stella Roberts. She became professor of theory and the piano and chairlady of the theory department at Wheaton College Conservatory, IL, after teaching there from 1951. Publications…