Gloria Coates has been played on NTS shows including Mark Leckey, with Symphony No. 4 »Chiaroscuro« (1984/90) first played on 9 April 2019.

Gloria Coates (October 10, 1938 in Wausau, Wisconsin - August 19, 2023 in Munich, Germany) is an American composer formed in Chicago, Louisiana State University, New York's Cooper Union Art School and Columbia University. She has written 16 symphonies, 10 string quartets and numerous songs and chamber works which have been performed by leading orchestras and performers internationally. Her mentors were Alexander Tcherepnin and Otto Luening .

Since 1976 she has lived periodically in London, England and Munich, Germany; and from 1989 -1999…