Elizabeth Raum

Elizabeth Raum (born 13 January 1945) is a Canadian oboist and composer. Elizabeth Raum was born in Berlin, New Hampshire in 1945, but became a Canadian citizen in 1985. She studied oboe performance with Robert Sprenkle at the Eastman School of Music, graduating in 1966. In 1985, received a master's degree in composition from the University of Regina after studies with Thomas Schudel.She played principal oboe for the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for seven years, and later for the Regina Symphony Orchestra in Regina, Saskatchewan. In 2004, she received an honorary doctorate from Mount St. Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. In November 2010, she received the Saskatchewan Order of Merit for her work as a musician and composer