Robert AshleyRobert Ashley is a prolific composer and writer, best known for his work in new forms of opera: epic prose poems he sets to music, which have been awarded, commissioned, and performed internationally for over forty-five years. In the 1960s, Ashley oranized Ann Arbor's legendary ONCE Festival and directed the ONCE Group. During the 1970s, he directed the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College, toured with the Sonic Arts Union, and wrote and producedPerfect Lives, an opera for television widely praised as the precursor of "music-television." Staged versions of ATALANTA (ACTS OF GOD) have toured throughout Europe and the United States. Read More Read Less