Ms. Palmer earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Capital University Conservatory of Music in Columbus, Ohio. Her teachers included Nicholas Perrini, William Brophy, and Doug Hill.

Not only an orchestral musician, Ms. Palmer has had extensive chamber music experience and has made appearances as a featured soloist in a variety of musical settings. In April 2003, she was soloist with the Seneca Chamber Orchestra where she performed the world premier of Henrik Wise’s completion and orchestration of the original Rondo in Mozart's Horn Concerto # 1 in D. She was especially honored to have the German composer as a guest in the audience. She performed this concerto again with the River Cities Symphony in June of this year.

In addition to her playing responsibilities, Ms Palmer is the conductor of the West Virginia Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble and is the founder and conductor of the Kanawha Valley Horn Ensemble. She is also Librarian/Operations Assistant for the West Virginia Symphony and she serves as librarian for the Ohio Valley Symphony as well.

Ms. Palmer, a native of Columbus, Ohio, now resides in Charleston, West Virginia where she enjoys gardening and restoring her circa 1912 house.