Elaine Fine

Elaine Fine began musical life as a violinist, but received a Bachelor of Music Degree in flute performance from The Juilliard School of Music, where she was a student of Julius Baker. She also studied recorder in Vienna, baroque flute in Boston, and composition at Eastern Illinois University. In addition to being on the reviewing staff of the American Record Guide, she is the program annotator for the New Philharmonic of DuPage County, teaches at Lake Land College, in Mattoon, Illinois, and is active as a performing violinist and violist. Ms. Fine has over 60 pieces of published works and has written three operas, the most recent of which is an opera based on Howard Zinn's play "Emma," which is available through the Emma Goldman Papers at the University of California, Berkeley.

Additional information can be obtained at the composer's web site: Elaine Fine