Pauline Oliveros

Known for

Sound

Born

May 30, 1932

Pauline Oliveros (born May 30, 1932 in Houston, Texas) is an American composer and accordionist who is a central figure in the development of experimental and post-war electronic art music. She was a founding member of the San Francisco Tape Music Center in the 1960s, and served as its director. She has taught music at Mills College, the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Oliveros has written books, formulated new music theories and investigated new ways to focus attention on music including her concepts of "Deep Listening" and "sonic awareness".

Credits

Sisters with Transistors

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The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros

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Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television

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skin•es•the•si•a

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Fogo

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The Covenant

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Sluts & Goddesses

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Contacts

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I Hope I'm Loud When I'm Dead

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Lightning Waterfall Fern Soup

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Clown

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On the Other Ocean

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