He often collaborated with artists (notably Prof. Don Evans (Vanderbilt-Nashville) to create engrossing public experiences.
Dr. Trythall founded the Electronic Music Plus Festival in the late 1960s and hosted events at universities across the United States.
Beginning with the Moog synthesizer in the early 1960s, Trythall made increasing use of electronic and computerized resources and in the 1990s taught composition to students worldwide via his own Internet site from West Virginia University.
He attended Central High School in Knoxville and, in 1948, he enrolled at the University of Tennessee where he studied under David Van Vactor graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1951.
[4] Trythall served in the United States Air Force from 1953 to 1957 (playing jazz piano to entertain troops).