Elizabeth Raum
Elizabeth Raum | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 13 January 1945 |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupations | Composer, musician |
| Instrument | Oboe |
| Website | http://elizabethraum.com |
Elizabeth Raum SOM (born 13 January 1945) is a Canadian oboist and composer.
Biography
[edit]Elizabeth Raum was born in Berlin, New Hampshire in 1945, but became a Canadian citizen in 1985.[1]
She studied oboe performance with Robert Sprenkle at the Eastman School of Music, graduating in 1966.[2] In 1985, she received a master's degree in composition from the University of Regina after studies with Thomas Schudel.[3]
She played principal oboe for the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from 1968 to 1975, when she moved to Saskatchewan and began playing for the Regina Symphony Orchestra, eventually becoming their principal oboist.[3][4][5]
In 2004, she received an honorary doctorate from Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.[5] In 2010, she received the Saskatchewan Order of Merit for her work as a musician and composer.[6]
Selected works
[edit]Elizabeth Raum's works have been performed internationally and broadcast on national media. She has produced operas, chamber pieces, choral works, solo vocal works, and ballets. She has also written for film and video.
Film
[edit]- Saskatchewan River
- Like Mother, Like Daughter
- Sparkle
- Evolution: A Theme with Variations
- Prelude to Parting
- The Green Man Ballet
- Symphony of Youth
Opera
[edit]- Sortilegio
- The Garden of Alice
- Romance of the Gods
Recordings
[edit]- Prairie Alphabet Musical Parade
- A Prairie Alphabet
- The Legend of Heimdall
- Renovated Rhymes
- Incantations and Rhymes
- Sonata for Piano Four Hands
- Requiem for Wounded Knee
- Pantheon for violin, horn, and piano
- how bodies leave ecstatic marks
- Scenes from Andalusia
References
[edit]- ↑ Stevenson, Fiona. "Raum, Elizabeth (1945-)". The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
- ↑ Bazzana, Kevin (3 July 2007). "Elizabeth Raum". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- 1 2 Morris, R. Winston; Bone, Lloyd E. Jr.; Paull, Eric (2007). Guide to the Euphonium Repertoire: The Euphonium Source Book. Indiana University Press. p. 474. ISBN 978-0-253-11224-8.
- ↑ Wassenberg, Anya (28 January 2025). "INTERVIEW | Composer Elizabeth Raum: A Groundbreaking Career, The Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra, And Her 80th Birthday Party". Ludwig van Toronto. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
- 1 2 Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian, eds. (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W.W. Norton. p. 384. ISBN 978-0-393-03487-5.
- ↑ "Recipients of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit" (PDF). Saskatchewan. 2025.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Elizabeth Raum at The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan
- Elizabeth Raum at Grove Music Online
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- 1945 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Canadian classical composers
- 20th-century American composers
- 20th-century American women composers
- American classical composers
- American women classical composers
- Canadian oboists
- Canadian women film score composers
- Musicians from New Hampshire
- Women oboists
- Eastman School of Music alumni
- Members of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit
- University of Regina alumni
- People from Berlin, New Hampshire
- Canadian women classical composers
- 21st-century American composers
- 21st-century Canadian composers
- 21st-century American women musicians
- 21st-century Canadian women musicians
- 20th-century Canadian women composers