Dan Ellsey
Music Conductor & Composer, Presenter
Lynn, MA
dellseybw@gmail.com
Dan is a creative and vibrant 45-year-old man with severe cerebral palsy. He has been composing his own music with the Hyperscore software program and other notation software for the past several years. He has extensive experience as a performer and presenter for audiences of all ages.
Presentations
Berklee College of Music - November 2015, October 2016, March 2017, November 2017, December 2017
Stoughton High School - May 2017
Northeast Independent Living Program - April 2017
Harvard University - April 2016, March 2017
MMEA Conference - March 2017
UMass Lowell - March 2017
MIT Hack-a-thon - February 2015, February 2016, March 2017
MIT Media Lab - December 2016
Children's Hospital, CP Unit - March 2016
MIT Hack-A-Thon - February 2015, February 2016
Berklee College of Music - November 2015
St Ann's Therapeutic Day School - May 2015
"Disable the Label" - UMass-Lowell - April 2015
Simmons College - December 2014, February 2015
Tenney Public Schools, Methuen - June 2013
Passages Music Therapy Conference, Lesley University - October 2012
Professional Center for Child Development - October 2012, November 2012, February 2013, March 2013, April 2013
Tewksbury High School, Careers in Health Care Class - January 2011
Boston University Medical School, Neurology Grand Rounds - December 2010
Merrimack College, Computer Science Department - December 2010
Lawrence General Hospital - November 2010
Providence College - November 2010
The Learning Center Preschool - October 2010
Starbucks Café, Haverhill - September 2010
TASH New England Regional Conference - April 2010
Goddard School - March 2010
Director’s Meeting, Work Opportunities Unlimited - February 2010
Tewksbury Public Library - May 2009
Adaptive Technology Conferences, PRC - November 2007, April 2007, August 2008, May 2009
Healing Arts: New Pathways to Health, Regional Conference - October 2006, April 2008
Tewksbury Public Schools, Ryan Middle School - April 2005, November 2005, May 2006, December 2006, April 2008
Creative Development Partnership, MIT Media Lab (Tod Machover, Adam Boulanger) - March 2008
TED Conference, Monterey, California - March 2008
AARP “Life at 50”, Boston - September 2007
MIT “Human 2.0” Symposium - May 2007
Hyperscore Pilot Project, Tewksbury Hospital - May 2004
Performances
Merrimack College - May 2013
United Teen Equality Center - Lowell Youth Orchestra - April, 2013
Tenney Public Schools, 8th Grade Band - May 2012
Merrimack College, Jocelyn Cordell - February 2012
Tewksbury Hospital - Lowell Philharmonic Orchestra - February 2010
Compositions
“Peace of Mind” with Ben Burke
May 2013
“My Seasonal Music” with Brian Harris
March 2013
“Memories of Autumn” with Jocelyn Cordell
May 2011
“Masterpiece”
CD with seven original compositions
References
Tod Machover, MIT Media Lab tod@media.mit.edu
Brian Fulks, Band Director, Tenney School BnFulks@methuen.k12.ma.us
Kelley Granahan, Professional Center for Child Development kgranahan@theprofessionalcenter.org
Gena Greher, UMass-Lowell gena_greher@uml.edu
Represented by:
Caitlin Hyatt, Work Opportunities Unlimited
chyatt@alumni.berklee.edu
(309) 642-9046
Music Conductor & Composer, Presenter
Lynn, MA
dellseybw@gmail.com
Dan is a creative and vibrant 45-year-old man with severe cerebral palsy. He has been composing his own music with the Hyperscore software program and other notation software for the past several years. He has extensive experience as a performer and presenter for audiences of all ages.
Presentations
Berklee College of Music - November 2015, October 2016, March 2017, November 2017, December 2017
Stoughton High School - May 2017
Northeast Independent Living Program - April 2017
Harvard University - April 2016, March 2017
MMEA Conference - March 2017
UMass Lowell - March 2017
MIT Hack-a-thon - February 2015, February 2016, March 2017
MIT Media Lab - December 2016
Children's Hospital, CP Unit - March 2016
MIT Hack-A-Thon - February 2015, February 2016
Berklee College of Music - November 2015
St Ann's Therapeutic Day School - May 2015
"Disable the Label" - UMass-Lowell - April 2015
Simmons College - December 2014, February 2015
Tenney Public Schools, Methuen - June 2013
Passages Music Therapy Conference, Lesley University - October 2012
Professional Center for Child Development - October 2012, November 2012, February 2013, March 2013, April 2013
Tewksbury High School, Careers in Health Care Class - January 2011
Boston University Medical School, Neurology Grand Rounds - December 2010
Merrimack College, Computer Science Department - December 2010
Lawrence General Hospital - November 2010
Providence College - November 2010
The Learning Center Preschool - October 2010
Starbucks Café, Haverhill - September 2010
TASH New England Regional Conference - April 2010
Goddard School - March 2010
Director’s Meeting, Work Opportunities Unlimited - February 2010
Tewksbury Public Library - May 2009
Adaptive Technology Conferences, PRC - November 2007, April 2007, August 2008, May 2009
Healing Arts: New Pathways to Health, Regional Conference - October 2006, April 2008
Tewksbury Public Schools, Ryan Middle School - April 2005, November 2005, May 2006, December 2006, April 2008
Creative Development Partnership, MIT Media Lab (Tod Machover, Adam Boulanger) - March 2008
TED Conference, Monterey, California - March 2008
AARP “Life at 50”, Boston - September 2007
MIT “Human 2.0” Symposium - May 2007
Hyperscore Pilot Project, Tewksbury Hospital - May 2004
Performances
Merrimack College - May 2013
United Teen Equality Center - Lowell Youth Orchestra - April, 2013
Tenney Public Schools, 8th Grade Band - May 2012
Merrimack College, Jocelyn Cordell - February 2012
Tewksbury Hospital - Lowell Philharmonic Orchestra - February 2010
Compositions
“Peace of Mind” with Ben Burke
May 2013
“My Seasonal Music” with Brian Harris
March 2013
“Memories of Autumn” with Jocelyn Cordell
May 2011
“Masterpiece”
CD with seven original compositions
References
Tod Machover, MIT Media Lab tod@media.mit.edu
Brian Fulks, Band Director, Tenney School BnFulks@methuen.k12.ma.us
Kelley Granahan, Professional Center for Child Development kgranahan@theprofessionalcenter.org
Gena Greher, UMass-Lowell gena_greher@uml.edu
Represented by:
Caitlin Hyatt, Work Opportunities Unlimited
chyatt@alumni.berklee.edu
(309) 642-9046
