Background
Galkin, Elliott Washington was born on February 22, 1921 in Brooklyn. Son of Samuel and Ethel (Heifetz) Galkin.
Galkin, Elliott Washington was born on February 22, 1921 in Brooklyn. Son of Samuel and Ethel (Heifetz) Galkin.
Bachelor, Brooklyn College, 1943. Diplôme direction d'orchestre, Conservatoire National de Paris, 1948. Certificate equivalentlà licence concert, L'Ecole-Normale de Musique de Paris, 1948.
Master of Arts, Cornell University, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1960.
Association conductor, L'Orchestra Philharmonique international, 1949;
instructor music, Saranac Lake Rehabilitation Guild, 1949-1952;
apprentice conductor, Vienna (Austria) Staatsoper, 1955-1956;
faculty, Goucher College, Baltimore, 1956-1977;
department chairman music, Goucher College, Baltimore, 1960-1977;
professor, Goucher College, Baltimore, 1964-1977;
faculty, Peabody Conservatory, 1957-1990;
conductor orchestra, Peabody Conservatory, 1957-1964;
chairman music history and literature department, Peabody Conservatory, 1964-1977;
director, Peabody Conservatory, 1977-1982;
director music activities, professor, Johns Hopkins University, 1968-1990. Director Peabody Institute, 1977-1982, director graduate program in music criticism, from 1983. Guest conductor Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, from 1965.
Director Rockefeller Foundation-Baltimore Symphony Orchestra American Composers Project at Goucher College, 1965, 66, 67. Conductor Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, from 1960. Music editor, critic Baltimore Sun, 1962-1977.
Visiting lecturer Tanglewood Music Festival, 1965, 66, chairman music critics projects, from 1968. Director Fromm Foundation fellowship program in music criticism, 1969, 70, Music Critics Institutions, Aspen, Kennedy Center, Cincinnati, Ravinia, U. Maryland., Santa Fe, from 1967.
Member Maryland Advisory Council Arts, 1966-1970. Member music advisory planning panel National Endowment for Arts, 1977-1980, member professional training panel, from 1980. Served with United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946.
Member International, American musicological societies, College Music Society, American Federation Musicians, Music Critics Association, American Newspaper Guild, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Cosmos.
Married Ruth K. Inglefield, June 12, 1988.