Several weeks after the death of American composer Pauline Oliveros in November 2016, the New Yorker published an obituary of sorts by musicologist Kerry O’Brien.
Always enjoy seeing any reference to Pauline Oliveros! Came to know about her in college as a music major, mostly for her contributions to electronic music. I missed this obituary in the New Yorker - thanks for providing this additional piece of info as a woman artist. Her recipes for listening seem very timely.
Oh wow, that’s awesome. The music profs at both of my colleges — well, at least the composition/electronic music/musicology ones I interacted with — were all dudes, as were the majority of the students in those classes.
Also another fascinating parallel-lives moment here :). I’ve recently been going through bins labelled “20th century” to try to track down my college-era compositions. Not sure exactly what I would do with them, but the ones I have found definitely bring back memories.
Always enjoy seeing any reference to Pauline Oliveros! Came to know about her in college as a music major, mostly for her contributions to electronic music. I missed this obituary in the New Yorker - thanks for providing this additional piece of info as a woman artist. Her recipes for listening seem very timely.
Oh wow, that’s awesome. The music profs at both of my colleges — well, at least the composition/electronic music/musicology ones I interacted with — were all dudes, as were the majority of the students in those classes.
Oh, back then, same. There were maybe three women in my electronic/audio recording classes and maybe just a few more in my composition classes.
Also another fascinating parallel-lives moment here :). I’ve recently been going through bins labelled “20th century” to try to track down my college-era compositions. Not sure exactly what I would do with them, but the ones I have found definitely bring back memories.
Ha! My spouse and I were heavily influenced by 20th century modern composers and wrote music that nobody understood hahahaaaa.
That’s awesome! I was never skilled or cool enough to write anything that no one understood :)
And I was never skilled or cool enough to write a "simple pop" song :)