Elaine Radoff "Ray" Barkin

December 15, 1932 - February 22, 2023 American composer, performer and professor of music Elaine Barkin has died at the age of 90.

Barkin (née Elaine Radoff) spent her life critically exploring the world with an attuned ear, curious mind and deft wit. She taught at UCLA, Queens College, the University of Michigan, Princeton, and numerous other universities. Ray, as she was known to many of her friends and family, received degrees from Queens College, the City University of New York, Brandeis University (PhD), and the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin. She was also a longtime editor of the journal Perspectives of New Music.

She was the longtime wife of George Barkin. They were married in 1957 and had celebrated their 63rd anniversary before he left us in 2021. She is survived by her three sons, Victor, Jesse and Gabriel, and also by three daughters-in-law, five grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and three nieces (daughters of her beloved brother Billy) and their families.

Please read more about Elaine / Ray at https://www.gdbarkin.com/elaine-barkin-memoriam

Donations may be made in her memory to either (1) the Open Space Music Foundation / Open Space Publications, https://the-open-space.org; or (2) The Help on the Way Scholarship Fund, https://donate.10000degrees.org/give/310121/#!/donation/checkout