Eliza Hagy
Primary Instrument: Piano
Secondary Skills: Composition, Violin, Viola

Eliza is currently a third year music composition student at California State University, Long
Beach, studying under the guidance of Arin Shahjahanian. A classically-trained pianist since the age of five, Eliza has won awards to perform at Carnegie Hall in NYC, as well as play the
Schumann Piano Concerto with the American River College Orchestra in Sacramento, CA.

Developing her craft from a young age, Eliza has studied classical piano with Tatiana Scott, Dr.
Lorna Peters, and Dr. Samuel Grodin. To develop her musical skills even further, she also
learned to play violin and viola, playing in ensembles like the American River College
Orchestra, New England Conservatory Youth Orchestra, as well as in her high school
orchestra—Sacramento Waldorf School. By the age of fifteen, Eliza completed all 10 levels of
the Music Teachers’ Association of California Certificate of Merit (MTAC-CM) on piano, violin,
and viola. Utilizing her skills as a multi-instrumentalist, she started composing music for solo piano and various ensembles. She has earned first place at MTAC’s Composers Today state
contest with a slavic fantasy ensemble piece, connecting to her roots. Eliza has recently been
exploring electronic music and hopes to do film scoring in the future.