The New Zealand-born composer Lyell Cresswell passed away on March 20, 2022. Cresswell was born on October 13, 1944. He studied music in Wellington, Toronto, Aberdeen, and Utrecht. In 2022, Victoria University of Wellington awarded Cresswell with an honorary DMus degree. After his studies, Cresswell moved to Scotland where he composed and began teaching at Glasgow University. From 1980 to {…}