R. Winchester is a composer, electronic musician and performer from Somerville, MA. Early compositions include works for theater and dance productions. Randy played electric bass with several Michigan rock bands in the early 1980s, most notably, Third Coast. The 1980s saw the release of two albums of electronic music, including some serial 12 tone compositions. During the 1990s, Randy dedicated himself to the study of microtonal tunings and released three albums of microtonal improvisations and compositions in all equal tempered tunings from 7 through 22 steps per octave, and several pieces in the exotic Bohlen-Pierce tuning. Randy is an avid trombonist and frequently performs with the Metal and Glass Ensemble, a Boston area group that performs microtonal drone music on unique bowed metal and JI tuned glasses.