Lois V. Vierk

Lois V Vierk (born 1951) is an American composer based in New York City, usually grouped with the post-minimalists. She studied piano and ethnomusicology at UCLA and composition at CalArts, and spent many years learning Japanese gagaku court music. She is known for pieces written for groups of identical instruments, such as five electric guitars or eight cellos, in which the sound thickens gradually over time. Vierk took her MFA at CalArts in 1978 after studying with Mel Powell, Leonard Stein and Morton Subotnick.