Dika Newlin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dika Newlin

American musician

Date of Birth: 22-Nov-1923

Place of Birth: Portland, Oregon, United States

Date of Death: 22-Jul-2006

Profession: composer, music pedagogue

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Dika Newlin (November 22, 1923 – July 22, 2006) was a composer, pianist, professor, musicologist, and punk rock singer.
She received a Ph.D from Columbia University at the age of 22.
She was one of the last living students of Arnold Schoenberg, a Schoenberg scholar and a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond from 1978 to 2004.
She performed as an Elvis impersonator and played punk rock while in her seventies in Richmond, Virginia.She was featured in the documentary Dika: Murder City.