Sylvia Pengilly

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British lecturer and composer, born in London, March 23, 1935. She graduated from the Guildhall School of Music, London, then moved to the United States in 1957 and studied under James Waters at Kent State University to gain her M.A. (composition) and under Paul M. Palombo to receive a D.M.A. (composition) from the university of Cincinnati. She lectured at Kent State University from 1971 to 1973 and currently lectures at, and is in charge of the lectronic music studio, at the Loyola University, New Orleans. She worked on laser techonology in music from 1975. In 1995 she “retired” and moved to California, where she still resides and composes.

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            Works for wind ensemble

• Degrees of entropy (1973)