Twila Bakker completed her doctorate in musicology at Bangor University, Wales, focusing on Steve Reich’s Counterpoint pieces. In 2018 she was awarded a scholarship from the Paul Sacher Stiftung in order to further her current research which addresses digital sketch studies utilizing Reich’s compositional output as a case study. Bakker is a committee member of the Society for Minimalist Music and holds previous degrees in music from the University of Victoria, Canada, and in music and history from the University of Alberta, Canada. twila.bakker@gmail.com