Pauline Oliveros

Accordionist and composer Pauline Oliveros was born in 1932 in Houston, Texas. Oliveros is regarded as a pioneer in electronic music. She developed a theory known as “Deep Listening”, an approach to music that explores the distinction between listening and hearing, and emphasizes awareness of one’s environment. Oliveros wrote eleven books on music and was a composer in residence for several universities. During her long and distinguished musical career, she received numerous honors, including three National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships,and the SEAMUS Award for contributions to electroacoustic music.

Pauline Oliveros died in 2016 at the age of 84.