Ann McMillan

Ann Endicott McMillan (March 23, 1923 – September 29, 1994) was an American avant-garde composer and broadcaster. Born in New York City and educated at Bennington College, she was working as a music editor when she met Edgard Varèse. The two collaborated, including on his ''Déserts'' composition, and they both worked abroad with Pierre Schaeffer in Paris while she was a Fulbright Fellow. Returning to the United States, she had a career as a radio producer and executive, including as a program director for Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française and as the music director of radio station WBAI.

In the late-1960s, she began her career as a music composer, with her instruments including her preferred magnetic tape and recordings of nature sounds, and she released two albums with Folkways Records. Among her awards were a Guggenheim Fellowship and four MacDowell Colony Fellowships, as well as several residencies and grants. Provided by Wikipedia