Ellie Pruneau is a pianist, composer, and educator based in New York. She specializes in small group instrumentations, including piano trio, quartet, and voice with prepared piano. Her compositional style values the importance of combining many genres including classical, funk, video game, and indie. Pruneau’s compositional work earned her a place at the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead workshop in 2019, and the 2022 Alumni Commission for the Indiana University Jazz Department. She has performed with notable musicians Greg Ward, Ari Hoenig, and John Raymond. Her accompaniment on Amanda Gardier’s album Flyover Country (2019) was described as “percussive and harmonically sophisticated” by Downbeat Magazine.