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Elodie Lauten (October 20, 1950 - June 3, 2014) was a composer known for her contributions to postminimalism and microtonal music. A former student of LaMonte Young, Dinu Ghezzo, and Akhmal Parwez, Lauten was recognized in North America and Europe as a pioneer in her field, with over 20 releases on various labels, including Lovely Music and Point/Polygram. Her works encompass operas, theater pieces, orchestral, chamber, and instrumental music, often reflecting a mystical quality through connections to astrological signs, hexagrams of the I Ching, and her improvisation system, Universal Mode Improvisation (UMI). Lauten's music uniquely blended two contrasting elements: a beatless stasis influenced by minimalism and a neoclassical affinity for tonal melody and ostinato. This duality was evident from the start of her recording career, particularly in her Concerto for Piano and Orchestral Memory (1984) and Sonata Ordinaire (1986) for piano. Her 1987 opera The Death of Don Juan, combining feminist themes and Zen meditation, emerged as a significant postminimalist work of the 1980s and was revived in 2005 at Franklin Pierce College. Her neoclassical style evolved into a neo-baroque idiom in the Deus ex Machina Cycle for voices and Baroque ensemble (1999). Variations On The Orange Cycle

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