Elise enjoys dividing her time between making, restoring, studying, and playing historical clarinets. She began her education by studying clarinet performance at Indiana University. While in Bloomington she also began to study instrument construction and historical clarinets. Then after completing the band instrument repair course in Renton, WA, she furthered her education by studying how to play and make historical clarinets at the Royal Conservatoire in the Hague. While in Europe she performed in numerous festivals such as the Utrecht Early Music Festival and won ‘selected promising ensemble’ at the AMUS in Belgium. After returning to the US she has been privileged to study a number of clarinets in museums and private collections alike as well as fortunate to perform in many wonderful organizations throughout the country.