Professor of Music
Carlos Elias has performed in solo recitals and in orchestras in the United States, El Salvador, Argentina, Bulgaria, Japan, and Korea, and represented El Salvador at the World Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Lorin Maazel. He has participated in several music festivals, such as Congress of Strings, Aspen Music Festival (CO), Sarasota Music Festival (FL), Casals Festival (Puerto Rico), Affinis Music Festival (Japan), Western Slope Music Festival (CO), Corsi Internazionali di Musica (Italy), Raphael Trio Chamber Music Workshop (VT), and Music in the Mountains (CO). Before joining Cedarville in August 2013 he was the Director of Strings and Orchestra at Colorado Mesa University. In addition, he was Concertmaster of the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Director and Conductor of the Symphony in the Valley in Glenwood Springs (CO). He and his wife, pianist Andrea Arese-Elias, gave their New York debut at Weill Hall in Carnegie Hall in 2002. Their recently released CD “Let’s Tango” was named “Best of the Best” in the International category on eMusic in the US and the United Kingdom. He is currently the Violin Professor and Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra at Cedarville University.
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About Carlos Elías, M.M.
Carlos Elias has performed in solo recitals and in orchestras in the United States, El Salvador, Argentina, Bulgaria, Japan, and Korea, and represented El Salvador at the World Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Lorin Maazel. He has participated in several music festivals, such as Congress of Strings, Aspen Music Festival (CO), Sarasota Music Festival (FL), Casals Festival (Puerto Rico), Affinis Music Festival (Japan), Western Slope Music Festival (CO), Corsi Internazionali di Musica (Italy), Raphael Trio Chamber Music Workshop (VT), and Music in the Mountains (CO). Before joining Cedarville in August 2013 he was the Director of Strings and Orchestra at Colorado Mesa University. In addition, he was Concertmaster of the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Director and Conductor of the Symphony in the Valley in Glenwood Springs (CO). He and his wife, pianist Andrea Arese-Elias, gave their New York debut at Weill Hall in Carnegie Hall in 2002. Their recently released CD “Let’s Tango” was named “Best of the Best” in the International category on eMusic in the US and the United Kingdom. He is currently the Violin Professor and Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra at Cedarville University.
| Present | Professor of Music, Cedarville University ‐ Department of Music and Worship | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Honors and Awards
- First Prize, Biola University Concerto Competition - 1988
- First Prize, Biola University Concerto Competition - 1989
- El Salvador Violin Competition (2nd place) - 1985
Courses
- String Methods
- Ensemble Performance
- Orchestra
| 1999 | Artist Diploma, Duquesne University | |
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| 1993 | M.M., University of Cincinnati | |
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| 1990 | B.M., Biola University | |
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Contact Information
Department of Music and Worship
Cedarville University
DMC 119
937-766-7493
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