Olly Wilson
Olly Wilson (1937-2018) was an American composer and scholar of African American music, born in St. Louis. He taught at Oberlin Conservatory from 1965 to 1970, where he founded the electronic music program later named TIMARA, and then at the University of California, Berkeley from 1970 until 2002. He held two Guggenheim fellowships. His orchestral works include Shango Memory, commissioned by the New York Philharmonic.
