Legendary composer to be in-residence at UI

CHAMPAIGN – A legendary American composer who developed the Deep Listening philosophy and practice will be in-residence from Friday through Nov. 17 at the University of Illinois.

Pauline Oliveros will be on campus as a George A. Miller Visiting Artist, leading workshops and giving lectures that are free and open to the public.

A pioneer of electronic music, the 77-year-old Oliveros continues to explore electro-acoustic music as a performer/composer, using new technologies, though her main instrument is the accordion.

She has produced a large body of internationally acclaimed recordings, publications and compositions for soloists and ensembles, and for dance, theater and multi-disciplinary projects.

Through focused attention strategies, improvisation and musicianship, Oliveros developed Deep Listening, a practice in which she has educated numerous emerging and established artists of all ages throughout the world over the years.

Her Deep Listening practice stems from her childhood fascination with sounds and from her works in composition, improvisation and electro-acoustic music.

At the Deep Listening Web site, Oliveros describes Deep Listening as a way of listening in every possible way to everything that can possibly be heard, no matter what you are doing.

"Such intense listening includes the sounds of daily life, of nature, of one's own thoughts as well as musical sounds. Deep Listening is my life practice," said Oliveros, who founded the Deep Listening Institute, formerly known as the Pauline Oliveros Foundation.

"The result of the practice cultivates appreciation of sounds on a heightened level, expanding the potential for connection and interaction with one's environment, technology and performance with others in music and related arts," Oliveros said.

Oliveros is also a distinguished research professor of music at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the Darius Milhaud artist-in-residence at Mills College.

Here is her schedule while here:

– 12:30 p.m. Friday, Brown Bag Lecture, sponsored by UI Department of Dance: "On Stage – On Site – Online: Pauline Oliveros on Dance," Drama Rehearsal Room, Level 2, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 500 S. Goodwin Ave., U.

– 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sudden Sound concert with Oliveros performing solo on accordion and electronic instruments, Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive, C.

– 3 p.m. Saturday, Deep Listening Workshop hosted by Amasong at McKinley Presbyterian Church Sanctuary, 809 S. Fifth St., C.

– 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15, Deep Listening Workshop hosted by Unit One at Allen Hall, 1005 W. Gregory Drive, U.

– 4 p.m. Nov. 16, lecture: "Telematics: An Expanded Venue for Performance and Education," Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum. Lecture is part of the Center for Advanced Study initiative, Interpreting Technoscience.

– 11 a.m. Nov. 17, Composer Forum, 1201 Music Building, 1114 W. Nevada St., U.

WEFT Radio supports the Sudden Sound concert. Sponsors for the Oliveros lecture and workshops include the Center for Advanced Study, George A. Miller Visiting Professors and Scholars Program, the Center for Advanced Study Initiative on "Interpreting Technoscience: Explorations in Identity, Culture and Democracy," the Program of Science and Technology Studies, Department of History, the Illinois Emerging Digital Research and Education in Arts Media Institute (eDream); Unit One/Allen Hall, the Department of Dance, the School of Music, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Amasong and Krannert Art Museum.

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