Death of a hypnotic US composer, 68

Death of a hypnotic US composer, 68

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norman lebrecht

May 10, 2017

After studies with Terry Riley and Joanna Brouk made her mark among 1970s New Agers with Healing Music.

She stopped composing in 1985 to raise a child and practise transcendental meditation. Last year, she released a major retrospective, Hearing Music. You can read a recent interview here.

Joanna died on April 28, 2017, at the age of 68.

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