composers from many nations led him to believe that a similar organization in the United States might help raise the profile of electro-acoustic music in his own country. In 1984, together with a small group of like-minded composers, Appleton helped establish the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS). He ultimately served for a time as president of the society. In the summer of 1984 Appleton helped Moses Asch, founder of Folkways Records, release its first recordings of electro-acoustic music. According to Asch's wishes, these recordings have remained in print under the Smithsonian/Folkways auspices. 1990s The decade of the 1990s saw Appleton spending increasing amount of time abroad: teaching at Keio University (Mita) in Tokyo, Japan, for three years and frequently visiting Moscow, Russia, where he was inspired by the enthusiasm of young composers. He encouraged the composer/engineer Andre Smirnov to establish the Theremin Center at the Moscow Conservatory of Music. Appleton was first introduced to Russian musicians and artists by the choral conductor/ethnologist Dmitri Pokrovsky (1944–1996) and this began his compositional return to instrumental and choral music, much of it composed for the pianist Julia Turkina and cellist Alexander Zagorinsky. In an essay entitled "How I Became a Russian Composer" (2009) Appleton explains his love of Russian music and culture that he believes his stepfather, Alexander Walden, instilled in him. Also in this decade Appleton composed two full-length operas for a choir of 1500 children and professional orchestra. The works, HOPI: La naissance de Desert and Le Dernier Voyage de Jean-Gallup de la Perouse, were conducted by Alain Joutard and commissioned by the Delegation Departmental à la Musique et à la Danse of the Conseil General des Alpes-Maritimes in Nice, France. Personal life and death Appleton died on January 30, 2022, at his home in Vermont, at the age of 83. Works "Apolliana" (1970) "Chef d'œuvre" (1967) "Degitaru Ongaku" (1983) "Dima Dobralsa Domoy" (1996) "Dr Quisling in Stockholm" (1971) "Georganna's Fancy" (1966) "Georganna's Farewell" (1975) "Homage To Orpheus" (1969) "Homenaje a Milanés" (1987) "Human Music" (1969) "In Deserto" (1977) "In Medias Res" (1978) "King's Road #8" (1970) "Mussems Sång" (1976) "Newark Airport Rock" (1969) "Oskuldens Dröm" (1985) "Otahiti" (1973) "San Francisco Airport Rock" (1996) "Spuyten Duyvil" (1967) "Stereopticon" (1972) "The Sydsing Camklang" (1976) "Syntrophia" (1977) "Times Square Times Ten" (1969) "U ha'amata 'atou 'i te himene" (1996) "Yamanotesen To Ko" (1997) "Zoetrope" (1974) Recordings Times Square Times