Ruth Anderson (composer)

Evelyn Ruth Anderson (March 21, 1928 – November 29, 2019) was an American composer, orchestrator, teacher, and flutist. Biography Evelyn Ruth Anderson was born March 21, 1928, in Kalispell, Montana. She was a composer of orchestral and electronic music. Her extensive education spanned two decades, and was spent at eight different institutions. Throughout this time, Anderson was the recipient of a multitude of awards and grants, including two Fulbright awards (1958–60) to study composition with Darius Milhaud and Nadia Boulanger in Paris. After completing her education, Anderson spent time as a freelance composer, orchestrator, and choral arranger for NBC-TV, and later for Lincoln Center Theater. Post-secondary education * 1949 — Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, University of Washington * 1951 — Master of Arts, University of Washington * 1958–60 — studied with Darius Milhaud and with Nadia Boulanger at The American School at Fontainebleau whose works have been released on the Opus One label, Charles Amirkhanian’s “pioneering” LP anthology New Music for Electronic and Recorded Media (1977), New World/CRI, Arch Records, and Experimental Intermedia (XI). Further work was released on