Douglas (Harry) Leedy, born March 3rd, 1938 in Portland, Oregon is an American composer. He studied with Karl Kohn at Pomona College and at the University of California at Berkeley, where he was in a composition seminar with membership including
La Monte Young and
Terry Riley. An orchestral hornist, harpsichordist, and singer, he studied South Indian music in Madras with K.V. Narayaswami and was the musical director of the Portland Handel Festival. He taught music at UCLA and at Reed College. He foundeded the electronic music studio at UCLA, and his synthesized music was among the e…
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