Dika Newlin
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1923 – 2006
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Who was Dika Newlin?
Dika Newlin was a pianist, professor, musicologist, composer 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 70's in Richmond, Virginia.
She was featured in the documentary Dika: Murder City.
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