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Pauline Oliveros
"Listening involves directing attention and
interpreting what is heard. Deep Listening is
listening in as many ways as possible to all that can
possibly be heard all of the time. Deep Listening is
exploring the relationships between any and all sounds.
Hearing is passive. We can hear without listening. This
is the state of being tuned out--unaware of our acoustic
ecology--unaware that the fluttering of a butterfly's
wings has profound effect near and in the far reaches
of the universe. We can hear sounds inwardly from
memory or imagination or outwardly from nature or from
civilization. Listening is actively directing one's
attention to what is heard--noticing and directing the
interaction and relationships of sounds and modes of
attention. We hear in order to listen. We listen in
order to interpret ourselves and our world and to
experience meaning. The ear tells the eye where to look."
Pauline Oliveros, from the Summer 1997 Deep Listening Newsletter
Composer/performer Pauline Oliveros based in Kingston, New York since 1981 has performed worldwide as a soloist on her just tuned accordion and with the Deep Listening Band. As a composer her recent awards include the Bessie Award from Dance Theater Workshop for Contenders (1991) a work for Susan Marshall Dance Company, A Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1992 for composing Epigraphs in the Time of Aids for the Deep Listening Band and a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Performance 1994 for her work. Njinga the Queen King (1992) a major work of music theater was created in collaboration with playwright/director Ione and presented during the Next Wave Festival at Brooklyn Academy of Music in December 1993.
