Olly Wilson. Olly Wilson, an esteemed music professor and composer passed away peacefully on March 12, 2018 in Berkeley, CA. Wilson was a prominent member of the UC Berkeley Music Department faculty from 1970 to 2002. He was a renowned composer and an indefatigable advocate for diversity in the Arts. “Olly was very important for the department, for the campus, …

Olly Wilson 's richly varied musical background included not only the traditional composition and academic disciplines, but also his professional experience as a jazz and orchestral musician, work in electronic media, and studies of African music in West Africa itself. Born in 1937, the St. Louis, MO, native completed his undergraduate training at Washington University (St. Louis), …

Apr 04, 2018 · Composer Olly Wilson, Founding Father of Electronic Music at Oberlin, Dies at 80. Olly Wilson, seen here with a class in 1968, taught at Oberlin from 1965-70 and helped launch the conservatory's electronic music program.

Feb 16, 2019 · Obituary: Olly Wilson, an esteemed music professor and composer passed away peacefully on March 12, 2018 in Berkeley, CA. Wilson was a prominent member of the UC Berkeley Music Department faculty from 1970 to 2002. He was a renowned composer and an indefatigable advocate for diversity in the Arts.

Olly Willson, of St. Louis, Missouri, was a prominent African American classical composer of the 20th and 21st centuries. Wilson is most famously known for his integration of African, African American, and electronic music, into one cohesive westernized classical form.

Olly Wilson (1937–2018) was a composer, conductor, performer, and scholar who integrated African and African American musical styles into his compositions. He earned his bachelor’s degree in music from Washington University in his hometown of St. Louis, his master’s in music composition from University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, and his doctorate in music …