Pauline Oliveros

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".

Born:

May 30, 1932

Movie/TV Credits:

3

First Appeared:

In the movie Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley 1974-06-07

Latest Project:

Movie Sisters with Transistors 2021-09-01