Elizabeth Walker

Director of Library and Information Resources

Elizabeth Walker received her B.A. from Hood College, her M.F.A. from Pennsylvania State University, and her M.L.S. from the University of Pittsburgh.

From 1974 to 1976, she served on the music department staff of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. As a contralto, she was on the voice faculty of Seton Hill College and Chatham College in 1976 and 1977.

Ms. Walker was a member of the Philadelphia Singers from 1979 to 2002 and sang Gilbert and Sullivan's alto character roles for fifteen seasons with Philadelphia's Savoy Company. She was awarded the best-female-performer prize in 1994 and best-character-actress in 1995 and 1996 by the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival in Buxton, England.

Ms. Walker joined the staff of the Curtis Institute of Music as assistant librarian in 1977, became head librarian in 1980, and was named director in 2009.