Born: 1900-1991
Nationality: American
Education/Training: Left Mills College her freshman year to move to New York and study with well-known art song composer and accompanist, Frank LaForge and composer/organist Dr Clarence Dickinson, head of the music department at Union Theological Seminary and then in France with Nadia Boulanger
Best Known For: The Passing of King Arthur, premiered by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Crystal Lake and Abraham in Egypt
Curious Facts: The chimes that play before a performance and at the end of intermission in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion were composed by Elinor Remick Warren