 Elinor is aligned with the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, in which she founded the Composition Department in 1985.Along with the Conservatory of Music, Elinor teaches piano, composition, music history, and theory to students out of her home studio located in Berkeley, CA.Armer has produced a collaborative multi-part fantasy series with author Ursula K. Le Guin called "Uses of Music in Uttermost Parts" which has been recorded on the Koch International Label.