Let's make this birthday one to remember.

87 years old (Born on June 09, 1938)

Happy Birthday, Charles Wuorinen! Time certainly has been your friend—after all, you won a Pulitzer Prize for "Time's Encomium," proving once and for all that timing really is everything. Your orchestral masterpieces, operatic triumphs, and chamber music gems have kept audiences delightfully puzzled yet thoroughly entertained.

Here's to another year of composing brilliance and musical mischief! May your birthday celebrations be as timelessly enjoyable as your compositions—and may the cake slices be precisely measured in twelve-tone rows. Cheers to you, maestro; keep orchestrating laughter along with those symphonic successes!