A composer and performer, originally from Vermont, who has lived in New York since the mid-1970's. Her compositions explore the physicality of sound and she carefully works with the timbres of instruments, exploiting the unique characteristics of each instrument, creating combination, difference and interference tones. Her compositions have been performed throughout the world. She has received grants from the NEA, New York State Council for the Arts and the Cary Trust. On the radio, her music has been featured on First Art, NPR, CBC (Canada), Radio Cultura in Sào Paulo, Radio 3 in Brussels, Radio Bremen and Westdeutscher Rundfunk in Germany.