One of America's most revered choral conductors, Eph Ehly is Professor Emeritus at the Conservatory of Music, University of Missouri-Kansas City, where he taught for twenty-seven years. Dr. Ehly's awards for outstanding musicianship include the Luther Spade Choral Director of the Year Award and the Amoco Foundation Outstanding Teaching Award. He has studied and conducted in the Soviet Union, Poland, Germany, England, Sweden, Denmark, France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Brazil.

A research article published in the American Choral Directors Journal named Ehly as one of the most sought-after choral conductors/clinicians. He guest-conducts in Carnegie Hall, New York City several times each year. He has conducted over 80 all-state choirs and over 500 festival ensembles. As a lecturer, clinician and conductor, he has appeared in 48 states, Canada, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, several countries throughout Europe and presented on more than 100 college and university campuses.

Eph Ehly founded the International Choral Symposium in 1975. Regular conferences were hosted by the UMKC Conservatory of Music through 1997. Some of the world's most renowned choral conductors served as artists-in-residence for the Symposium. Attending participants represented all fifty states and several foreign countries.

Biography taken from: www.musiccelebrations.com/eph_ehly.html