Background
Smiley, Pril was born on March 19, 1943 in Mohonk Lake, New York, United States. Daughter of Daniel and Alice (Plumlee) Smiley.
composer educator educational administrator
Smiley, Pril was born on March 19, 1943 in Mohonk Lake, New York, United States. Daughter of Daniel and Alice (Plumlee) Smiley.
Bachelor of Arts Music, Bennington College, 1965.
She worked at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center in the 1960s and 1970s with Milton Babbitt, Otto Luening, Vladimir Ussachevsky, Mario Davidovsky and Alice Shields. She became one of four primary instructors in electronic music at the center and also served as director From 1968-1974 she worked as a consultant to the Lincoln Center Repertory Theater in New York City and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1975.
She ended her career as a composer in the mid-1980s, but continued to teach, and retired from Columbia in 1995.
Board of directors, secretary-treasurer Smiley Brothers Inc. of Mohonk Mountain House. Trustee Smiley Brothers Trust. Member American Composers Alliance.