(b Houston, 30 May 1932). American composer. She studied with Robert Erickson (1954-60) and worked at the San Francisco Tape Music Center (1961-7), then in 1967 began teaching electronic music at San Diego. Her large output includes much electronic music and pieces for mixed media and she is concerned with improvisation guided by meditation.

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