Joan La Barbara
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Joan La Barbara (born June 8, 1947 in Philadelphia, PA) is an American vocalist and composer associated with contemporary music.[1] She is a former student of Helen Boatwright. She has worked with her husband Morton Subotnick since 1979, as well with other contemporary composers such as John Cage, Robert Ashley, Morton Feldman, Philip Glass, Larry Austin, Peter Gordon, and the dancer Merce Cunningham. She has also worked with Kenneth Goldsmith. She composed the music for the Sesame Street animated film “Signing Alphabet,” for electronics and voice.
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Selected works [edit]
- Voice Is the Original Instrument: Early Works (1976/2003). Wizard 2266/Lovely Music 3003.
- Sound Paintings
- Shamansong (New World Music)
- The Reluctant Gypsy (Wizard Records) RVW 2279
Featured on [edit]
With Don Sebesky
- The Rape of El Morro (CTI, 1975)
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External links [edit]
- Joan La Barbara's Official Site
- Joan La Barbara's faculty page at NYU Steinhardt
- UbuWeb: Joan La Barbara featuring 73 Poems (1993), text by Kenneth Goldsmith
- NewMusicBox cover: Joan La Barbara in conversation with Molly Sheridan, January 30, 2006 (includes video) (plus a master class with Joan La Barbara)
- Joan La Barbara interview
Sources [edit]
- ^ Pool, Jeannie G. (Jan., 1979). "America's Women Composers: Up from the Footnotes", p.35, Music Educators Journal, Vol. 65, No. 5., pp. 28-41. "Joan La Bar-[<br>]bara, a major innovator in her use of voice in both live and taped electronic works."
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- 1947 births
- Avant-garde singers
- Living people
- 21st-century classical composers
- 20th-century classical composers
- American female singers
- Women classical composers
- Musicians from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Electroacoustic music composers
- American composer, 20th century birth stubs
