conductor, solo cellist, teacher
"His emotional communication is often profound, and his glittering, silvery tone captivates the ear."
Strad Magazine
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"Elliott's playing was so smooth and easily produced that technical challenges simply seemed to evaporate under his fingers. Listening to his many hued melodic line was something like holding a silk thread up to the light...a whole spectrum of tone colors began to reflect from it."
Carl Cunningham, Houston Post
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"Elliott showed himself a cellist capable of producing an exquisite tone. His was a Strauss that was broad, sweetly phrased and filled with the romance and character that is so necessary in this work. He painted a Quixote who was sad, but worldly; angry, but sensitive. By the end of the finale he had defined a personality simply, but thoroughly."
Ray Chatelin, Vancouver Province
"His is stylish playing in the grand manner, ever attentive to the lyric line, sensitive, alert to dynamics and colour."
Henry Roth, Strad magazine
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"Elliott, to whom the concerto is dedicated, gave a splendid performance: vigorous and assertive in the fast movements, remarkably graceful, warm and lyrical in the middle movement. He dispatched the stiff challenges of the cadenzas with precision and clarity."
Roy Close, Minneapolis Star Tribune
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"The rich beauty of Elliott's instrument in the slow movement was soul-calming."
Mike Dunham, Anchorage Times
"Here is an artist whose concept of sound is a vital aspect of his vision of the music; moulded and frequently restrained in the service of the composition, as opposed to generating a heroic vision of the performer alone. Elliott demonstrates his mastery of both the technical and cerebral aspects of the music in these highly imaginative, and often deeply penetrating interpretations."
Michael Jameson, Strad Magazine