184 - Interview with Joan La Barbara

neue musik leben

singer and composer

Joan speaks about her journey into singing, new music and composing. She worked with fellow musicians John Cage Morton Feldman, Robert Ashley, Alvin Lucier, David Behrman, Steve Reich, Philip Glass and her husband, Morton Subotnick and talks about her experiences developing pieces with these composers who wrote for her unique abilities, concepts and specialized techniques. She talks about composing, writing and specific aspects of the human voice and how she found her own means of expressing her inner thoughts and ideas.

www.JoanLaBarbara.com

"Persistence of Memory" premiere performance at MaerzMusik/Berliner Festspiele

https://vimeo.com/137767660

"Angels, Demons and Other Muses" performance (excerpt) at Roulette (NYC)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nPu1xVc1ek

Sesame Street signing alphabet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y819U6jBDog

MTT, Jessye Norman and Joan La Barbara on John Cage's "Song Books" (interview)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKvcjCyMbZE

Mit freundlicher Unterstützung der „neuen musikzeitung“, dem Kooperationspartner von „neue musik leben“.

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