Background
Elizabeth Austin was born in Baltimore and studied at the Peabody Conservatory Preparatory school.
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She continued her studies with Nadia Boulanger in Paris, and graduated with a master"s degree from the Hartt School, University of Hartford, and a doctorate from the University of Connecticut.
Career
In 1990 she helped initiate a faculty/student exchange with the Staatliche Hochschule fur Musik Heidelberg-Mannheim. She translates books and scholarly papers and acts as an interpreter for German-speaking composers. In 1997 she assisted with an international exchange between Connecticut Composers, Incorporated. and Brandenburg composers, supported by the Musikakademie Rheinsberg of Germany.
Achievements
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First Prize, David Lipscomb Electronic Music Competition for Klavier Double (1983) First Prize, IAWM"s Miriam Gideon Composition Competition for A Hommage for Hildegard (1998) Selected by GEDOK (Society of Women Artists in German-speaking countries) to represent Mannheim-Ludwigshafen in the Lubeck seventieth-year anniversary exhibition (Spring, 1996) GEDOK retrospective concert in Mannheim, June 1998.
