Born:
Milwaukee, WI

Degrees and Studies:
B.F.A., composition and piano, U. of Wisconsin; M.S., composition, The Juilliard School. Studied composition with Leo Sowerby, Bernard Wagenaar, Vincent Persichetti, and Darius Milhaud.

Biographical Information:
Director, Aspen Center for Composition Studies, Aspen Music Festival and School. Compositions include music for dance and theater, film scores, solo songs, and choral pieces; instrumental, chamber, and orchestral works. The Aspen Festival Overture was commissioned by the festival for its 30th anniversary; and People the Sky (an electronically synthesized stereophonic record album) was commissioned and produced by Vanguard Records.

The Juilliard School:
Faculty since 1966; coordinator, music technology program.