CLAYTON, Laura
(*1943)> PIANIST · COMPOSER
CLAYTON, Laura American pianist and composer. Lexington, KY, December 8, 1943. Her grandmother was a singer, her mother a pianist, and Laura started piano lessons at the age of four. She later attended Rollins College, then Ohio State University, where she obtained her degree in piano performance and studied under Darius Milhaud. She moved to Boston and studied privately before entering the New England Conservatory to obtain her M.Mus. in composition in 1971, studying under Charles Wuorinen and…