Singer, composer, arranger, choir director and workshop facilitator, a native of Houston, Gwen now lives in France. She received a B.A. in political philosophy and her AGSM from The Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In 1991 she directed and composed the music for “Turnings,” based on Wole Soyinka's book of poems “A Shuttle in the Crypt.”
Gwen discovered jazz on the deep end, initiated by John Coltrane and his album “Africa Brass.” In her attempts to imitate Coltrane she uncovered the poten...