Studied at Kansas City Art Institute, Conservatory of Music at Univ. of Missouri. African and World Musics, Schillinger Method of Composition. Formed Mikel Rouse Broken Consort which recorded many pop music CDs. Electronic works: Colorado Suite (1984), Quorum (1984). Music for Alvin Ailey Dance Co. Autorequiem (1994) for strings, percussion and voices, Book One for string quartet, Two Paradoxes Resolved, a piano suite. ~ "Blue" Gene Tyranny