Gloria Wilson Swisher (March 12, 1935 – July 23, 2023) was an American composer, music educator and pianist.
She studied composition under John Verrall, Darius Milhaud, Bernard Rogers, and Howard Hanson.
[1] She was awarded the Sigma Alpha Iota Inter-American prize for her composition Salutations for oboe and piano.
She was a Professor Emerita of Music at Shoreline Community College, and often performed as a duo pianist with Nancy Matesky.
She was a founding member of Ars Nova Press, Inc., a non-profit corporation that promotes and reprints the work of quality composers.