Gordon Mumma United States

Biography

Gordon Mumma (March 30, 1935, in Framingham, Massachusetts) is a composer. He cofounded Ann Arbor's Cooperative Studio for Electronic Music with Robert Ashley, was a musician with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company (with John Cage and David Tudor) and was a member of the Sonic Arts Union with Ashley, Alvin Lucier, and David Behrman. He is mostly known for his work with electronics; he has built many such devices.. Mumma was professor of music at the University of California-Santa Cruz where his composition students included Chris Brown