Eloy Fominaya

Eloy Fominaya (10 June 1925 – 8 April 2002) was an American contemporary composer, music educator at the collegiate level, conductor, violinist, and, as of 1985, a luthier. Fominaya was born in New York City. His obituary in The Augusta Chronicle stated that had been a child prodigy in music. Fominaya played the violin for Eleanor Roosevelt at the White House before the age of ten and, by the age of 15, performed Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in D with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. Beginning 1966, Fominaya served as chair of the Fine Arts Department at Augusta State University for 16 years.