Richard Ellsasser(1926-1972)
- Actor
Organist, composer and conductor, educated at Oberlin College,
Baldwin-Wallace (BM), New York University, Boston University, the
School of Theology, and the USC School of Religion (M. Th.). He studied
organ with Winslow Cheney and Albert Reimenschneider. At seven, he
toured the Eastern states as an organist with symphony orchestras. He
made his New York debut in 1937. He founded and directed the Bach
Circle of Boston, and served as minister of music at the Wilshire
Methodist Church in Los Angeles., later creaing and directing a series
of music festivals. He was a Life Fellow of the International Institute
of Arts and Letters in Switzerland, and the minister of recitals at the
First Congregational Church in Los Angeles, and he made many
recordings. He joined ASCAP in 1958.
Baldwin-Wallace (BM), New York University, Boston University, the
School of Theology, and the USC School of Religion (M. Th.). He studied
organ with Winslow Cheney and Albert Reimenschneider. At seven, he
toured the Eastern states as an organist with symphony orchestras. He
made his New York debut in 1937. He founded and directed the Bach
Circle of Boston, and served as minister of music at the Wilshire
Methodist Church in Los Angeles., later creaing and directing a series
of music festivals. He was a Life Fellow of the International Institute
of Arts and Letters in Switzerland, and the minister of recitals at the
First Congregational Church in Los Angeles, and he made many
recordings. He joined ASCAP in 1958.