Elizabeth Raum enjoys a reputation of being one of Canada’s most accessible composers, writing for varied mediums and in remarkably diverse styles. She has established herself as one of Canada’s most eminent composers with commissions coming from such important performing groups as the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, St. Lawrence String Quartet, Symphony Nova Scotia, the CalgaryPhilharmonic, the CBC and many others. Her works have been heard throughout North America, Europe, South America, China, Japan, and Russia. She has also written for film and video and has won numerous awards for the her scores in this
genre.
Her works include 6 operas, over 90 chamber pieces, 18 vocal works, choral works including an oratorio, several ballets, concerti and major orchestral works. Her music has been commercially recorded on over 40 CDs. She is included in the New Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the New Grove’s Dictionary of Opera, and the New Grove’s Dictionary of Women Composers as well as numerous other publications. Raum was the Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra‘s composer in residence from 2019 – 2020 during which time she wrote several works including the arrangement of Searching for Sophia for clarinettist, Kaye
Royer.
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