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Ellen Zwilich

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born April 30, 1939) is an American post-modernist composer.

Her works include the Concerto Grosso and Three Movements for Orchrestra (Symphony No. 1), which won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Music, the first Pulitzer given to a woman.

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