ELIZABETH BELL was born in 1928 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She graduated from Wellesley College and The Juilliard School; married and raised three children; was divorced and later remarried; and now, in 2007, lives in Westchester County with her husband and their Siamese cat.

Her music, for voice, solo instruments, chamber ensembles, and orchestra, has been performed world-wide. She has three all-Bell recordings: MMC CD#2082, N/S R #1029, and N/S R #1042. She had two all-Bell 75th Birthday year concerts given in her honor: NYC 10/12/03, and Yerevan, Armenia, 4/28/04. She has received a number of grants and awards, including Grand Prize in 1996 in the Utah Composers’ Guild Competition for her large chamber ensemble composition “Spectra”. She served as music critic for the Ithaca (NY) Journal for five years; she was one of the founders and officers of New York Women Composers, Inc.; and she served for five years on the Board of Governors of American Composers Alliance. She is also a member of SCI, IAWM, AMC, and other professional organizations.

“Elizabeth Bell . . . is a composer not as well known as she deserves. . . . While the overriding style for this music tends to be a sort of Bergian romanticism, there’s a strong personality that asserts itself in every piece. Conservative but never timid, would be my capsule description.” -- Fanfare