About
Ellington Carthan has a rich musical career that consists of teaching, performing, producing, and composing. He performs jazz regularly, accompanies for choirs, soloists, and collaborates with various ensembles. He is self employed as a freelance composer, performer and teacher. Ellington holds a Bachelors of Music Degree in Jazz Studies and a Bachelors Degree in Music Technology, both from University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC).
At 26 years old, Ellington Carthan has numerous piano students and 10 years of professional experience as a pianist and teacher. From 2018-2019 he was a graduate student at Howard University where he was singing with Howard's premiere vocal ensemble Afro Blue led by Connaitre Miller. Currently, he is furthering his studies with the great Cyrus Chesnut while developing his career as a film/video game composer.
Music
- War is Ellington's latest orchestration experiment
- Sweet Dreams is a result of Ellington's latest animation film scoring project.
- Ends with Silence sets the tone for a futuristic horror video game that Ellington is scoring in collaboration with brilliant game design students at Ringling College of Art and Design.
- Snack Files is a Hip Hop track Ellington produced in 30-45 minutes while spending time with his wife during Quarantine just for fun.
- Why Plus Minus is a commissioned composition for a short commercial.
- In 2018 Ellington Participated in the Marvin Hamlisch Film Competion. All of the music for the film below was composed and recorded by Ellington Carthan. It also includes some improvisation from the recording artists. Composition personnel: Ellington Carthan: Acoustic and Electric Piano, Joey Antico: Percussion, Robert Coleman: Guitar, Dominic Ellis: Tenor Saxophone, and Daniel Gallagher: Bass
