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Avis de décès de Monsieur Paul ELWOOD
Publié le 02 février 2025 à Marseille
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Paul ELWOOD
Né le 21 septembre 1958 à Wichita-Sedgwick
Décédé à Marseille
le 02 février 2025 à l'âge de 66 ans
Domicilié à MARSEILLE
le 02 février 2025 à l'âge de 66 ans
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Chère famille, chers amis,
Nous avons la grande tristesse de vous faire part du décès de
Paul ELWOOD
survenu le dimanche 2 février 2025, à l'âge de 66 ans.
La cérémonie civile aura lieu
le jeudi 6 février 2025 à
14 heures 30 à l'adresse suivante :
Cimetière paysager du Musssuguet, Cassis, France.
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Message de Kelly Werts
Publié le jeudi 06 février 2025 à 03h25
" Paul Elwood Obituary
Paul Iserman Elwood, musician, composer and banjo player, died peacefully at his home in Marseille, France on February 2, 2025 at the age of 66. He is survived by his loving wife, Régine Esposito, who shared his passion for music, ideas and interesting people. Before becoming ill in 2023, he also resided in Greeley, Colorado, where he was professor of music composition at the University of Northern Colorado.
Paul was the third son of Harold and Mary Elizabeth Elwood, born in Wichita, Kansas in 1958. He inherited a love of music from his father, who played the piano and was hailed by his friends as a “happy man”. Younger than his two brothers, Phil and Fred, Paul was only 18 when his father died. He made his own way in the world of music, to which he committed his energies for the rest of his life. He drew equally from the world of formally composed music as he played percussion in ensembles throughout high school, and from folk forms where he developed his own style on the banjo in string bands and jam sessions. He held these two musical models as equally valid throughout his life, allowing them to coexist in his musical creations.
As an undergraduate in Special Music Education at Wichita State University, he made a mark on his musical world with bold and often humorous expression through compositions, banjo playing and songwriting. Inspired by visiting composer John Cage, Paul composed music that included diverse instruments, toys and other found objects, often defying the normal expectations of the academic music world. Audiences were moved to laughter when he incorporated Velcro tap dancing into a piece, and to tears when he featured an entire gospel choir juxtaposed with readings of tragic news stories. In a tour de force of musical fusion, he featured world-renowned banjoist Tony Trishka in a concerto for banjo and percussion ensemble. He was encouraged in these bold musical statements by percussion professor J.C. Combs, while crafting his orchestrations under the watchful eyes of composers Walter Mays and Arthur S. Wolf.
In the midst of Paul’s awakening as a composer, he also spread his wings as a banjo player, singer and songwriter. He formed an alternative bluegrass group called the Sons of Rayon that stretched the limits of the genre. They experimented with free improvisations, bowed banjo, Velcro tap dancing and Paul’s songs about space travel, nuclear winter, UFOs and mystical adventures in the American Southwest. This group lasted until he left for grad school at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
Paul received his MM in Composition at SMU, where a scholarship allowed him to study with composer Donald Erb. This gave him an opportunity to develop his voice as a composer, while continuing to take playing seriously by performing on percussion in the orchestra and for dance classes.
Following his masters studies, Paul spent several years back in Wichita. He joined the faculty at Castle in the Air preschool, which had a music-based curriculum based in concepts taught in his program at WSU by Betty Welsbacher. As a music teacher, Paul poured his creative energy into rudimentary music instruction for ages 2½ to pre-K children by composing simple but hilarious songs like “Subterranean Joe” and “I Wish I Was a Cat”. Unbeknownst to the children, they were being drilled in solfège, musical intervals and classical melodies.
He quickly reformed the Sons of Rayon, and later several other bands, giving him more outlets for songwriting.
He continued to compose, and formed the Wichita New Music Ensemble to perform his pieces regionally, along with the works of other contemporary composers. This also gave him invaluable experience in coordinating musicians and events. At the same time, he deepened his knowledge of orchestral music by performing as a percussionist with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra.
After the death of his mother in 1989, Paul left Wichita for doctoral studies at the University at Buffalo, New York. His work with David Felder and Charles Wuorinen deepened his knowledge of serialism and other advanced compositional techniques, and allowed him to sub in the percussion section of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
PhD in hand, his first college teaching job was at Brevard, North Carolina, where he learned the art of juggling class time, office time, committee time and studio time. He found himself in native bluegrass country, and was a busy banjo player with bands throughout the region. But he also continued incorporating the banjo into his chamber music, demonstrating how a uniquely American instrument could merge with the European DNA of classical music. He was soon making forays across the country for concert performances of his new compositions, while also engaging in freewheeling improvisations with such luminaries as Hank Roberts and Eugene Chadbourne.
By this time he had begun to receive numerous fellowships and residencies, including the American Academy in Rome, the MacDowell Colony, the Djerassi Artist Residency Program, and the Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France. It was in Cassis that he met the woman he would marry, Régine Esposito.
Romance is seldom simple, and in this case it meant commuting across the Atlantic Ocean to maintain a long term relationship. Mutual dedication and love won out though, even as Paul moved to another teaching position at University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, in 2008. Strong-minded individuals, both Paul and Regine stuck to their native turf, traveling to be together over seasonal breaks and whenever visas would allow. Paul considered retirement many times, and spent sabbatical and Covid years in Marseille, but ultimately found that he flourished most in his life among students and scholars at Colorado. This globe trotting complimented his growing presence on the international scene, as he received concert bookings from places like South Africa, France, Croatia, Netherlands and the British Isles. He also took his banjo across Europe and America with a hybrid jazz trio called Multifarious.
His influence at UNC grew as well, where he built his teaching studio while attracting international performers, expanded the faculty to include film music, and founded the OpenSpace festival of new music. His presence was felt across the performing arts as he worked in dance, drama, opera, conducting, visual art and film.
Finally, the thing that stopped Paul was the vulnerability of his human body. While on a concert trip to New York City, he suffered a seizure and returned to Greeley, where he was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an incurable form of brain cancer. Although he attempted to continue work, he was put on disability leave from UNC. Still he plotted new projects to be performed in Berlin, Mexico City and New York, never considering that they might not come to fruition. Friends rallied around him as he ultimately retreated to his home with Régine in Marseille where, after a year under her devoted care, he passed away.
A memorial service is planned on Thursday, February 6, at 2:30 pm local time at the Landscaped cemetery of Mussuguet, Cassis, France. Plans for a service in Greeley, Colorado, will be announced later. "
Paul Iserman Elwood, musician, composer and banjo player, died peacefully at his home in Marseille, France on February 2, 2025 at the age of 66. He is survived by his loving wife, Régine Esposito, who shared his passion for music, ideas and interesting people. Before becoming ill in 2023, he also resided in Greeley, Colorado, where he was professor of music composition at the University of Northern Colorado.
Paul was the third son of Harold and Mary Elizabeth Elwood, born in Wichita, Kansas in 1958. He inherited a love of music from his father, who played the piano and was hailed by his friends as a “happy man”. Younger than his two brothers, Phil and Fred, Paul was only 18 when his father died. He made his own way in the world of music, to which he committed his energies for the rest of his life. He drew equally from the world of formally composed music as he played percussion in ensembles throughout high school, and from folk forms where he developed his own style on the banjo in string bands and jam sessions. He held these two musical models as equally valid throughout his life, allowing them to coexist in his musical creations.
As an undergraduate in Special Music Education at Wichita State University, he made a mark on his musical world with bold and often humorous expression through compositions, banjo playing and songwriting. Inspired by visiting composer John Cage, Paul composed music that included diverse instruments, toys and other found objects, often defying the normal expectations of the academic music world. Audiences were moved to laughter when he incorporated Velcro tap dancing into a piece, and to tears when he featured an entire gospel choir juxtaposed with readings of tragic news stories. In a tour de force of musical fusion, he featured world-renowned banjoist Tony Trishka in a concerto for banjo and percussion ensemble. He was encouraged in these bold musical statements by percussion professor J.C. Combs, while crafting his orchestrations under the watchful eyes of composers Walter Mays and Arthur S. Wolf.
In the midst of Paul’s awakening as a composer, he also spread his wings as a banjo player, singer and songwriter. He formed an alternative bluegrass group called the Sons of Rayon that stretched the limits of the genre. They experimented with free improvisations, bowed banjo, Velcro tap dancing and Paul’s songs about space travel, nuclear winter, UFOs and mystical adventures in the American Southwest. This group lasted until he left for grad school at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
Paul received his MM in Composition at SMU, where a scholarship allowed him to study with composer Donald Erb. This gave him an opportunity to develop his voice as a composer, while continuing to take playing seriously by performing on percussion in the orchestra and for dance classes.
Following his masters studies, Paul spent several years back in Wichita. He joined the faculty at Castle in the Air preschool, which had a music-based curriculum based in concepts taught in his program at WSU by Betty Welsbacher. As a music teacher, Paul poured his creative energy into rudimentary music instruction for ages 2½ to pre-K children by composing simple but hilarious songs like “Subterranean Joe” and “I Wish I Was a Cat”. Unbeknownst to the children, they were being drilled in solfège, musical intervals and classical melodies.
He quickly reformed the Sons of Rayon, and later several other bands, giving him more outlets for songwriting.
He continued to compose, and formed the Wichita New Music Ensemble to perform his pieces regionally, along with the works of other contemporary composers. This also gave him invaluable experience in coordinating musicians and events. At the same time, he deepened his knowledge of orchestral music by performing as a percussionist with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra.
After the death of his mother in 1989, Paul left Wichita for doctoral studies at the University at Buffalo, New York. His work with David Felder and Charles Wuorinen deepened his knowledge of serialism and other advanced compositional techniques, and allowed him to sub in the percussion section of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
PhD in hand, his first college teaching job was at Brevard, North Carolina, where he learned the art of juggling class time, office time, committee time and studio time. He found himself in native bluegrass country, and was a busy banjo player with bands throughout the region. But he also continued incorporating the banjo into his chamber music, demonstrating how a uniquely American instrument could merge with the European DNA of classical music. He was soon making forays across the country for concert performances of his new compositions, while also engaging in freewheeling improvisations with such luminaries as Hank Roberts and Eugene Chadbourne.
By this time he had begun to receive numerous fellowships and residencies, including the American Academy in Rome, the MacDowell Colony, the Djerassi Artist Residency Program, and the Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France. It was in Cassis that he met the woman he would marry, Régine Esposito.
Romance is seldom simple, and in this case it meant commuting across the Atlantic Ocean to maintain a long term relationship. Mutual dedication and love won out though, even as Paul moved to another teaching position at University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, in 2008. Strong-minded individuals, both Paul and Regine stuck to their native turf, traveling to be together over seasonal breaks and whenever visas would allow. Paul considered retirement many times, and spent sabbatical and Covid years in Marseille, but ultimately found that he flourished most in his life among students and scholars at Colorado. This globe trotting complimented his growing presence on the international scene, as he received concert bookings from places like South Africa, France, Croatia, Netherlands and the British Isles. He also took his banjo across Europe and America with a hybrid jazz trio called Multifarious.
His influence at UNC grew as well, where he built his teaching studio while attracting international performers, expanded the faculty to include film music, and founded the OpenSpace festival of new music. His presence was felt across the performing arts as he worked in dance, drama, opera, conducting, visual art and film.
Finally, the thing that stopped Paul was the vulnerability of his human body. While on a concert trip to New York City, he suffered a seizure and returned to Greeley, where he was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an incurable form of brain cancer. Although he attempted to continue work, he was put on disability leave from UNC. Still he plotted new projects to be performed in Berlin, Mexico City and New York, never considering that they might not come to fruition. Friends rallied around him as he ultimately retreated to his home with Régine in Marseille where, after a year under her devoted care, he passed away.
A memorial service is planned on Thursday, February 6, at 2:30 pm local time at the Landscaped cemetery of Mussuguet, Cassis, France. Plans for a service in Greeley, Colorado, will be announced later. "
Réponse de La famille de Paul ELWOOD
Publié le jeudi 06 février 2025 à 17h25
" Thanks so much Kelly for this text about Life and carrer so complète and mentioning me 🙏❤️ "
Chloe a commandé des fleurs
Publié le mercredi 05 février 2025 à 22h29
" 💕💕
- Chloe et T.J. Mais Hagen "
- Chloe et T.J. Mais Hagen "
Réponse de La famille de Paul ELWOOD
Publié le jeudi 06 février 2025 à 17h32
" Thanks for all the friends that were there with their loving présence. ❤️🙏 "
Message de Kelly Swick
Publié le mercredi 05 février 2025 à 08h04
" We send our love and sincere condolences to Regine and all who mourn Paul’s passing. We miss our friend and will always remember him fondly.
Forrest and Kelly Swick ❤️
Colorado "
Forrest and Kelly Swick ❤️
Colorado "
Réponse de La famille de Paul ELWOOD
Publié le jeudi 06 février 2025 à 17h27
" Thanks so much for every thing🩷🙏 "
Susan a commandé des fleurs
Publié le mercredi 05 février 2025 à 03h07
" De la part de Susan Mayo "
Réponse de La famille de Paul ELWOOD
Publié le jeudi 06 février 2025 à 17h29
" Thanks so much for beeing there😍❤️🙏 "
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