Ashley, Robert (1930– )

US composer. He studied with Ross Lee Finney and Roberto Gerhard at the University of Michigan and was later influenced by Gordon Mumma and John Cage. With Mumma he cofounded the ONCE Festival for Experimental Music, 1961–68. He was also involved with the Sonic Arts Union, for the use of electronic music.

Works Tv and video operas In Memoriam ... Kit Carson (1963), That Morning Thing (1967), Music with Roots in Aether (1976), Perfect Lives (1980), The Lessons (1981), Atalanta, Acts of God (1982), Atalanta strategy (1984), Foreign Experiences (1984), El Aficionado (1987), My Brother Called (1989).

Other electronic music theatre Night Train (1966), The Wolfman Motorcity Revue (1968), What She Thinks (1976), Title Withdrawn (1976); film music, chamber pieces, and electronic works.