Listening as Activism: The Sonic Meditations of Pauline Oliveros

University Dining Room AS 104C

Event Name: Listening as Activism<br>Event Locator: 2024-AASGSB<br>Event State: Confirmed<br>Organization: Gros Institute<br><br><p>Pauline Oliveros (1932-2016) was a pioneering electronic composer and academic who devised a unique approach to music called “Deep Listening,” which focused on meditative and improvisatory aspects of music-making, hearing, and listening. Her activism was rooted in the idea that “the personal is political,” and the act of deep listening while engaging in exercises that explore sound creation is a way to heal ourselves and, in turn, the world. The series of pieces, "Sonic Mediations", invites participants regardless of musical experience to perform the works as a healing practice, or a “tuning of mind and body.” For this presentation, we will learn more about Oliveros and her career, and move on to impromptu performances of the “Sonic Meditations.”</p>

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