Faye-Ellen Silverman

Faye-Ellen Silverman (born October 2, 1947) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. She is also an author and an educator. Life and education Born in New York, New York, Silverman began studying music at the Dalcroze School of Music shortly before her fourth birthday. At thirteen she won the Parents’ League Competition, judged by Leopold Stokowski, In the summer of 2004 Silverman participated in the Center for World Music’s workshop held in Bali. In 2013, she was chosen for the ASDP China Field Seminar “China’s Encounter with the West: Past, Present, and Future”. In addition to memberships in ASCAP, CMS, IAWM, and NYWC, she is a Founding Board Member of the International Women’s Brass Conference (for which she has served as composer-in-residence), a founding member of Music Under Construction, a composers’ collective, and a founding member of the International Women’s Review Board (ABI). Composing Silverman became a published composer in her mid-twenties when Seesaw Music Corporation accepted Three Movements for Saxophone Alone. She became a member of ASCAP that same year. Seesaw Music published all of her subsequent compositions until the death of its owner, Raoul