Lila Gene George

Lila-Gene George (September 25, 1918 – December 22, 2017) was an American composer and pianist. Her work included chamber music, piano and vocal music.

Education George graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.A. in English and French in 1939 and a bachelor's in music theory in 1940. and in 1969 won the Sigma Alpha Iota Oklahoma Composer's Award. for nine summers (According to Flute Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog, she studied with Boulanger from 1971 to 1974.) From 1963 to 1965 she studied under German-American composer Otto Luening at Columbia University. As an adjudicator for the National Piano Guild, she judged a student piano recital at a festival sponsored by the San Jacinto Music Teachers Association in March 1972.

On November 20, 1986, it was reported that George would have a recital at the Horton Foote Theater at Wharton Junior Community College that Sunday.

Personal life After graduating college, she married on September 11, 1941, to Richard P. George, a petroleum engineer. They were married for 66 years until Richard's death. , the Junior League of Houston , the Houston Friends of Music (now Chamber Music Houston) , and the International Alliance of Women in Music in memory of noted composer and fellow Boulanger student, Louise Talma.

George died on December 22, 2017, in Wharton, Texas. Her memorial service was held at the St. Thomas' Episcopal Church in Wharton on January 4, 2018. For Winter's Rains and Ruins are Over set a poem by English poet Algernon Charles Swinburne to music.

George is listed in Flute Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog, The World Who's Who of Women, Volume 2, and the International Encyclopedia of Women Composers.

In 1969, George won an award for an original music composition contest sponsored by a women's organization in Tulsa. The award for first place was $50.