Liz Myers - Biography

Biography

Myers earned a Bachelors Degree in Composition from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and then a Masters Degree in Music from UNC Chapel Hill. She then studied composition with Nadia Boulanger at the "Ecole d'arts americains" and later privately with Jacques Rouvier in Paris. On returning to the States, she was hired as the Musical Director of the Broadway show "Grease" in New York, which is where she met her future husband, John Trivers. They formed a music company, Trivers/Myers Music, which has composed scores for many major commercials. In 2004, they arranged a version of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" for an animated commercial for United Airlines. The ad became so popular, it was broadcast during the Academy Awards, and displayed in art museums. The couple continued to arrange and produce music for several other United Commercials, such as "The Night", when a jet-lagged business traveler ventures out from his hotel to be taken on a whirlwind tour by a moped driver. The music was selected by SHOOT magazine as one of the Top 10 music tracks of the summer.

She has conducted members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in original scores for films and other compositions, co-wrote the song "Shakin'" with Eddie Money, for which she received (in 2006) a "Millionair" award from BMI for one million air-plays. Her original score for David Rabe's "The Orphan" was published by Samuel French and her orchestration of Agnes de Mille's ballet "Texas Fourth" has been performed by the State Street Ballet Company.

As of 2013, Myers is teaching a "Composition for Commercials" extension course through the UCLA "Certificate of Film Scoring" program.