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Laurie Spiegel

Laurie Spiegel, composer, software designer, is known widely for her pioneering works with many early electronic music systems, including the GROOVE system at Bell Telephone Laboratories, and for Music Mouse, a software-based musical instrument. She founded New York University's Computer Music Studio. Her music has been performed and broadcast throughout the world and she has produced and participated in several CDs.

She is currently living and working in New York.

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Laurie Spiegel is a composer and software designer noted for pioneering work with early electronic music systems, including the GROOVE system at Bell Telephone Laboratories, and for the software instrument Music Mouse; she founded New York Universitys Computer Music Studio. Her music has been performed and broadcast throughout the world, and she has produced and participated in several CDs. She is currently living and working in New York.

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