Elainie Lillios

Composer

Acclaimed as one of the “contemporary masters of the medium” by MIT Press’s Computer Music Journal, Elainie Lillios creates works that reflect her fascination with listening, sound, space, time, immersion, and anecdote. Her compositions include stereo, multi-channel, and Ambisonic fixed media works, instrument(s) with live electronics, collaborative experimental audio/visual animations, and installations.

Elainie’s work has been recognized internationally and nationally through awards, grants, and commissions, including a 2020 Johnston Foundation for New Music commission, 2018 Fromm Foundation commission, 2016 Barlow Endowment commission, and 2013 Fulbright Scholar Award. She won First Prize in the Concours Internationale de Bourges, Areon Flutes International Composition Competition, Electroacoustic Piano International Competition, and Medea Electronique “Saxotronics” Competition. She has also received awards from the Destellos International Electroacoustic Competition, Concurso Internacional de Música Electroacústica de São Paulo, Concorso Internazionale Russolo, Pierre Schaeffer Competition, and others.

She has received grants/commissions from INA/GRM, Rèseaux, International Computer Music Association, La Muse en Circuit, New Adventures in Sound Art, ASCAP/SEAMUS, LSU’s Center for Computation and Technology, Sonic Arts Research Centre, Ohio Arts Council, and National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts. She has been a featured guest at the Groupe de Recherche Musicales, Rien à Voir, festival l’espace du son, June in Buffalo, and SPLICE Institute 2015, among others. Her keynote appearances include the 2021 International Computer Music Conference, 2021 Society of Composers Incorporated Student National Conference, and 2020 National Student Electronic Music Event. She has also presented numerous guest lectures and workshops throughout the United States and abroad.

Reviews of Elainie’s compact disc Entre Espaces (available on Empreintes DIGITALes at electrocd.com) praise her work for being “... elegantly assembled, and immersive enough to stand the test of deep listening” and as “...a journey not to be missed.” Other works are published by Centaur, Innova, MSR Classics, Ravello, StudioPANaroma, Musiques et recherches, La Muse en Circuit, New Adventures in Sound Art, SEAMUS, Irritable Hedgehog and Leonardo Music Journal. Elainie serves as Professor of Creative Arts Excellence and Coordinator of Music Technology at Bowling Green State University in Ohio and as Director of Composition Activities for SPLICE Institute. (www.splicemusic.org) elillios.com