Martin Ellerby

{{Short description|English composer}}

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Martin Ellerby (1957, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England) is an English composer. He was educated at the Royal College of Music, London, where he was taught by Joseph Horovitz.{{Cite book |last=Morris |first=R. Winston |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y7UWPZNqmXYC |title=Guide to the Euphonium Repertoire: The Euphonium Source Book |last2=Jr |first2=Lloyd E. Bone |last3=Paull |first3=Eric |date=2007-03-01 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-11224-8 |pages=457 |language=en |quote=He studied composition with Joseph Horovitz and W. S. Lloyd Webber at the Royal College of Music in London and later privately with Wilfred Josephs.}}

His catalogue features works for orchestra, chorus, concert band, brass band, ballet and various instrumental ensembles. Performances include the BBC Proms, the Leipzig Gewandhaus and many international festivals. Among his students was Daniel Giorgetti.

Ellerby's 2007 piece Elgar Variations,{{cite web |url= http://www.martinellerby.com/#!bb---elgar-variations/cwcd|access-date= 31 March 2016|title= Martin Ellerby Composer|website=Martinellerby.com}} honoring British composer Sir Edward Elgar, was used as the test piece for the Championship section of the 2013 North American Brass Band Association competition.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nabba.org/pdf/results/BandResults.xls |title=Archived copy |access-date=31 March 2016 |archive-date=26 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326011012/http://nabba.org/pdf/results/BandResults.xls |url-status=dead }}