Studied a few weeks with John Cage, but otherwise self-taught. Pianist, guitarist. Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Harvard. Pioneered scores in open instrumentation, in open cueing systems, scores for non-musicians, and, along with others, scores in verbal instructions only. Teacher, Classics Department at Harvard (1962-70), lecturer Darmstadt 1972 and 74, Classics/Comp. Lit. & Music at Dartmouth. "Changing the System" (1973), "Peace Marches 1, 2 & 3" (1984), "Black Song Organ Preludes" (1987), Play (1968), "For Five or Ten Players" (1962). ~ "Blue" Gene Tyranny, Rovi