Background
Barkin, Elaine Radoff was born on December 15, 1932 in New York City.
Barkin, Elaine Radoff was born on December 15, 1932 in New York City.
Bachelor in Music, Queens College, 1954. Master of Fine Arts in Composition, Queens College, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy in Composition and Theory, Brandeis University, 1971.
Certified in Composition and Piano, Berlin Hochschule Musik, 1957. Studied with Karol Rathaus, Irving Fine, Boris Blacher, Arthur Berger.
Lecturer in music, Queens College, 1964-1970; Lecturer in music, Sarah Lawrence, 1969-1970; from assistant to associate professor music theory, University of Michigan, 1970-1974; from assistant professor to professor composition and theory, University of California, Los Angeles, 1974-1997. Visiting assistant professor Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1974. Lecturer in field.
Married George J. Barkin, November 28, 1957. 3 children.