Liz Myers
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Elizabeth (Liz) Myers is an American musician, composer, pianist and singer, best-known for her collaborations with her husband, John Trivers on the music for several award-winning commercials and films.
She earned a Masters Degree in Music from UNC Chapel Hill, and 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.
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.
In 2000, she released a solo CD and book entitled "Le Rendez-Vous" (ISBN 0-9702394-0-8), published by Beautiful Babe Music and Books.
In 2006 Myers received a Clio award together with Trivers for their arrangement of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" for a United Airlines commercial entitled "Interview." They have also had numerous other commercial music scores receive awards, such as Golden Lions at Cannes, AICP Finalists, and Communication Arts awards.
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