secondary education. While there, she tried out several different majors before deciding on majoring in music composition. Her Piano teacher, Alexander Libermann, had a great deal of influence on her pursuing the piano. Libermann was a very popular professor during his time, and gave a series of lectures on the piano - how to practice, play, and teach. Elinor graduated from Mills college in 1961. From there she continued on to study her masters at UC Berkeley, although she went on to complete her graduate degree in composition from California State, San Francisco. Career Elinor Armer has traveled throughout the U.S. as well as abroad to perform. Her music styles range from orchestral to solo. The majority of Elinor's composition including Promptu and Etude Quasi Cadenza has been written for pianist Lois Brandwynee. Elinor Armer enjoys a world-renowned reputation for her work in music education. Elinor is aligned with the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, in which she founded the Composition Department in 1985. Along with the Conservatory of Music, Elinor teaches piano, composition, music history, and theory to students out of her home studio located in Berkeley, CA. Awards and honors The Norman Fromm Composer's Award Fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the Charles Ives Center for American Music, the Chamber Music Conference/Composer's Forum of the East, Yaddo, and the Djerassi Foundation The Gerbode Foundation New Music Composition Award (1991) Works Armer has produced a collaborative multi-part fantasy series with author Ursula K. Le Guin called Uses of Music in Uttermost Parts which has been recorded on the Koch International Label. While attending Mills College, Elinor would record and transcribe her lectures with her professor, Alexander Libermann. Upon his death, Elinor and a team of others consolidated these lectures and published a book known as “A Comprehensive Approach to the Piano”. Discography Music of Darius Milhaud (2004) – Audio CD by Parallele Ensemble;Elinor Armer, Darius Milhaud, Nicole Paiement, Parallele Ensemble, et al., Kleos Classics Armer: Uses of Music in Uttermost Parts/Falletta (2 CDs) (1995) – Audio CD by Elinor Armer, JoAnn Falletta, Women's Philharmonic, San Francisco Girl's Chorus, et al., Koch Int'l Classics Sonata for Cello and Piano, Opus 11, Works for Cello and Piano (2000) – Audio CD by Paul Hindemith, Elinor Armer, Seymour Shifrin, Paul Turok, et al., Music & Arts Program References External links Official website Inventory of Armer compositions, UC Berkeley Music Library Elinor Armer Oral