Shaw Wylie, Ruth

2013/05/26

Ruth Shaw Wylie (1916–1989), United StatesRuth_Shaw_Wylie

Composer and educator. Studied composition at Wayne State University, Michigan, and at the Eastman School of Music. She also studied for Artur Honegger, Samuel Barber, and Aaron Copland at the Berkshire Music Center. She was a professor at Wayne State University, Detroit. She composed around 60 works for solo instruments, chamber ensemble, orchestra, and choir, as well as ballet music.