Elaine was born and raised in the heart of the Iowa farmland, where she was taught from infancy about the love of God, and grew up in the church.  Recognizing her gift of music at an early age, she began studying piano, voice, flute and organ, and continued those studies throughout her education at Dordt College, a Christian liberal-arts college in Sioux Center, Iowa.  Elaine has served as Minister of Music and Choir Director at churches in Tucson, Arizona; Silver Spring, Maryland; and Cleveland, Ohio. 

Upon moving to Ohio, she continued vocal studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music for a number of years, and sang with the Robert Page Singers as well as the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus.  She has served as Piano Instructor at New Covenant Christian Academy, and, for the past 20 years, as Soloist/Director of the Professional High Holiday Choir at B’nai Jeshuran Synagogue in Beachwood.