Life

Priscilla Taylor was born in Fitchburg

Fitchburg

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, Massachusetts

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, the daughter of business manager Conrad and Grace Taylor, and studied at University of Massachusetts Lowell

University of Massachusetts Lowell

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 with Hugo Norden, graduating in 1965. She worked for a while as an elementary school teacher, then continued her studies in composition at Indiana University

Indiana University

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 with Bernhard Heiden

Bernhard Heiden

Bernhard Heiden was a German and American composer and music teacher, who studied under and was heavily influenced by Paul Hindemith...

 and Thomas Beversdorf, graduating with a Masters of Music degree in 1969.

At Indiana University, Taylor became interested in electronic music through the work of Iannis Xenakis

Iannis Xenakis

Iannis Xenakis was a Romanian-born Greek ethnic, naturalized French composer, music theorist, and architect-engineer. He is commonly recognized as one of the most important post-war avant-garde composers...

, and married Barton McLean, composer and director of an electronic music studio. The two moved to upstate New York

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 and established their own electronic music studio, McLean Mix, in 1974. With the studio, they composed and recorded music and toured extensively in the United States

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 and Europe

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. They later moved to Austin

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, Texas

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.

Works

Selected works include:

• Interplanes for two pianos, 1970
• Spectral I for percussion and synthesizer, 1972
• Dance of Dawn, electronic, 1974
• Variations and Mosaics on a Theme of Stravinsky for orchestra, 1975
• Fantasies for Adults and Other Children eight pieces for soprano, piano and two performers, 1978
• Beneath the Horizon I for processed whale songs and tuba quartet, 1978
• Rainforest Images, 1992
• Jambori Rimba, 1997
• The Last Ten Minutes

External links

• Official site