Vierk, Lois Von (fem) 4.aug.1951- USA Illinois, Lansing
pianist, choirmaster, ethnomusicologist, 25.feb.1971 winner of the Youth Concert Audition of Valparaiso University Civic Orchestra while being somophore piano student at Valparaiso University Indiana and residing in Jenkintown Pennsylvania, 1974 BA in piano and ethnomusicology from the University of California in Los Angeles, 1978 MFA in composition with Mel Powell, Leonard Stein and Morton Subotnick from the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia Los Angeles

[Cohen 1981 gives born Hammond Indiana of which Lansing is virtually a neighbourhood]