Thea Musgrave (born 1928)
Thea Musgrave was born in Edinburgh. She studied at the University of Edinburgh and in her early 20s at the Conservatoire in Paris, where she studied composition with Nadia Boulanger. She later studied with Aaron Copland. She has lived in the United States since 1972.
Thea Musgrave has written several operas, including one on Harriet Tubman and another on Simón Bolívar. Her compositions include works for orchestra and chamber ensembles. She has sometimes incorporated electronic techniques in her music. This is Orfeo I from 1975 for flute and tape.
Narcissus for solo flute and digital delay is from 1987:
This orchestral work entitled Rainbow is from 1990: