Eliza McCalmont Woods (November 28, 1872 – February 9, 1961) was an American composer, pianist, and recipient of the Peabody Diploma for Distinguished Musicianship.

Career

A life-long resident of

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, Maryland, Woods began studying at the

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in 1886 with

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, Harold Randolph, Henry A. Allen, Adam Itzel Jr, and Philip L. Kahmer. She also studied with

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, who taught piano at the

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. Woods was one of the youngest students, and only the twelfth person, to receive the Peabody Diploma for Distinguished Musicianship in 1894. After her graduation, she taught piano at the Peabody Preparatory School until 1909, when she joined the Peabody Conservatory faculty. Woods retired as a full time teacher in 1943, but continued as an examiner and substitute at the Preparatory School for many years.

Works

Her compositions include:

Chamber music

*Piano sonata *String quartet *"Way Down Upon the Sewanee River – Theme & Variations" (piano)

Musical theatre

*"Fairy Rose" (text by Virginia Woods Mackall; for children) *"Runaway Song" (text by Virginia Woods Mackall; for children)

Orchestra

*Grand Opera Finale *Overture

Vocal

*Songs *''Fugue for Two Choirs'' *"The Sun and I" (text by Lucy Janney Miller)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Woods, Eliza 1872 births 1961 deaths Musicians from Baltimore Peabody Institute alumni American women classical composers American classical composers String quartet composers