Educational Preparation
   
Mills College – DM (honorary) 2005
University of Maryland Baltimore County – DM (honorary) 1986
San Francisco State College - BA Music Composition Cum Laude 1957
University of Houston undergraduate in Music 1949-1952

Non degree preparation: John H. Reagan High School Graduated 1949

Professional Experience

Founder, president–Deep Listening Institute (formerly Pauline Oliveros Foundation Inc.),
    1985-2007
Composer-in-Residence, Darius Milhaud Professor–Mills College, 1996-2006
Professor of Music–Summer MFA Program Bard College, Annandale-on-the-Hudson, NY,
    1999-2005
Deep Listening Retreats, 1991-2005
Composer-in-Residence–Arts and Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University,
November 2005
Composer-in-Residence–Arts Institute, University of Wisconsin Madison, Spring 2001
Composer-in-Residence–Agnes Scott College, Spring 2000
Professor of Composition–Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Spring 1999
Composer-in-Residence–Alfred University, 1998
Composer -in-Residence–Northwestern University, 1996
Composer -in-Residence–Alfred University, 1996
Self employed composer/performer/consultant, 1981-96
Senior Researcher Institute for the Study of American Music (ISAM) –Brooklyn College, 1986
Visiting Professor–Mills College, 1985
Professor¬–Theater School for New Dance, Amsterdam, 1985
Professor of Music–University of California at San Diego, 1967-81
Director–Center for Music Experiment at UCSD, 1976-79
Visiting Professor–Stanford University, 1979
Inaugural Director ¬–Mills College Tape Music Center  (Center for Contemporary Music),
1966-67
Self employed composer/performer, 1952-66
 

Courses Taught at RPI

Deep Listening Arts 4969-01 Fall
Deep Listening Arts 4969-02 Spring
Deep Listening Arts 4971-02 Fall
Arts Practicum Arts 6966-02 Spring
Electronic Arts Practice 6962-02 Fall
Deep Listening Arts 4971-03 Spring
Seminar Collaborations INTERNET2 Arts 4964–03 Spring
Deep Listening Arts 4971-03 Fall
Deep Listening Advanced Arts 4975-03 Fall
Seminar New Instrumentation for Performance Arts 4976–03 Fall
Deep Listening Arts 4964-04 Spring
Deep Listening Advanced Arts 4974-04 Spring
Seminar Collaborations INTERNET2 Arts –4973-04 Spring
Deep Listening Arts 4973-01 Fall 04
Seminar New Instrumentation for Performance Arts 4976–04 Fall
Deep Listening Advanced Arts 4974-05 Spring
Seminar Intermedia Collaborations Arts –4973-05 Spring
Deep Listening Arts 4973-01 Fall 05
Deep Listening Advanced Arts 4974-05
Seminar Deep Listening/Improvisation/Composition/Performance Arts 4401 Fall 05
      Deep Listening  Arts 4410-06 Spring
      Deep Listening Advanced Arts 4410-01-06 Spring
      Seminar Composition Performance Arts ñ6940-06 Spring
      Deep Listening Arts 4410-01 Fall 06
      Deep Listening Advanced Arts 4975-06
      Seminar Deep Listening/Improvisation/Composition/Performance Arts 6962 Fall 06
      Deep Listening: Impro-comp[per ñ Arch 6940 11 Fall 06
      Deep Listening Arts 4410-01 Fall 07
      Seminar Deep Listening/Improvisation/Composition/Performance Arts 6962 Fall 07

   
Recent Commissions  

      Inner/Outer Matrix for mixed ensemble for the sfSound  Festival 8/2007
      Basso Duo for Blue Heron for piano and string bass 11/4/2006
      New York Miniaturist Society for One Hundred Meeting Places for violin, cello and percussion            11/20/2006
      Princeton Laptop Orchestra for Murphy Mixup 6/2006
Jessica Catron for String-utopia for cello and violin, 2005
Vicky Funari for Maquilopolis – a film score, 2005
Pacific Rim Festival (for the Kronos Quartet) for 70 Chords for Terry: A Meditation on String Theory, 2005
Sarah Cahill for The Gender of Now: There But Not There for trombone and piano, 2005
Hugh Livingston for Listen Edgemar, 2004
June Watanabe Dance Company for the The Noh Project II, 2004
Morgan Thorsen Dance Company, Minneapolis MN, for Big Room, 2003
VisionintoArt New York for Vigil for piano, 2002
Musiques Nouvelles: Brussells Belgium for Sound Geometries for chamber orchestra and
      Expanded Instrument System (EIS) with 5.1 surround sound, 2002
Sarah Cahill for Quintuplets Play Pen – homage to Ruth Crawford Seeger for solo piano, 2001
Peggy Ben Kesar for Sister Dreams for solo percussionist, 2001
Arts Institute, University of Wisconsin Madison for Io and Her and the Trouble with Him, 2001
University of Wisconsin River Falls for Sound Patterns & Tropes for chorus and percussion, 2001
Lincoln Center for Lunar Opera: Deep Listening For_Tunes, 2000
Meet the Composer for Antigone's Dream with Choreographer Paula Josa Jones, 1999
 

Fromm Foundation for Primordial/Lift for ensemble, 1998
Frau Musika (Nova) for Out of the Dark for chamber orchestra, 1998
Westdeuscherundfunk (WDR) for Ear Piece, 1998
SEM Ensemble for Four Meditations for Orchestra, 1997
Westdeuscherundfunk (WDR) for a sound signum, 1997
Rova Saxophone Quartet for Saxual Orientation, 1997
Vicky Funari for the film soundtrack Paulina!, 1997
Berkshire Music Festival for Beyond the Mysterious Silence, 1996
American Accordion Association for Shape Shifting, 1995
Lincoln Center for Ghostdance with Choreographer Paula Josa Jones, 1996
Tanz Ensemble Basle, Switzerland for Hommage A Serafina, 1994
Brooklyn Academy of Music/Walker Art Center/Yellow Springs Institute/NYSCA for
Njinga the Queen King, 1993
New American Radio for Time Piece with funds from Meet the Composer, 1992
Susan Marshall Dance Co. for Walter's Finest Hours with funds from Meet the Composer/
Choreographer Program, 1992
Habaragani for Pebble Music, 1992
Susan Marshall Dance Co. for Contenders with funds from Meet the Composer/
Choreographer Program, 1991
Paula Josa Jones Dance Works for Skin, 1991
Westdeuscherundfunk (WDR) for A Poem of Change, 1990
Westdeuscherundfunk (WDR) for Dream Horse Spiel, 1989
Westdeuscherundfunk (WDR) for Dear. John: A Canon on the Name of Cage, 1986

Commissioned instrumental works for Expanded Instrument System (EIS)

Sound Geometries (2003) for chamber orchestra and EIS commissioned by Musiques Nouvelles with a premiere performance in Brussels Belgium March 15, 2003 followed by a recording for future release.

Big Room (2003) for solo trombone and EIS commissioned by the Morgan Thursen Dance Company with a premiere performance by Monique Buzzarté with the company at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis October 16-19, 2003.

Spirit Light (2003) for accordion solo and EIS. Performed by Pauline Oliveros November 8, 2003 at Diapason in New York. (A six-hour performance)

 

Publications: Books

Deep Listening: A Composer’s Sound Practice. New York: iUNIVERSE, 2005.
Deep Listening: A Composer’s Sound Practice. New York: Deep Listening Publications, 2004.
The Roots of the Moment: Collected Writings 1980-1996. New York: Drogue Press, 1998.
Software For People: Collected Writings 1963-1980. Baltimore: Smith Publications, 1984.
Initiation Dream. With Becky Cohen. Los Angeles: Astro Artz, 1981.
Pauline's Proverbs. Berkeley: Unpublished Editions, 1976.

Publications: Book Chapters

“Harmonic Anatomy: Women in Improvisation.” In The Other Side of Nowhere: Jazz,
    Improvisation and Communities in Dialog. ed. Daniel Fischlin and Ajay Heble, 50-70.
    Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 2004.
 “Acoustic and Virtual Space as a Dynamic Parameter of Music.” In Women Art and Technology.
Ed. Judy Malloy, 212-223. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003.
“Quantum Listening: From Practice to Theory (To Practise Practice).” In Culture and humanity
in the new millennium: the future of human values. ed. Kwok Siu Tong and Chan Sin-wai, 27-
44. Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 2002.
“Sonic Images.” In The book of music and nature: an anthology of sounds, words, thoughts. ed.
David Rothenberg and Marta Ulvaeus, 131-133. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 2001.
“The Poetics of Environmental Sound.” In The book of music and nature: an anthology of
sounds, words, thoughts. ed. David Rothenberg and Marta Ulvaeus, 133-138. Middletown:
Wesleyan University Press, 2001.
 “Some Sound Observations.” In Contemporary Composers on Contemporary Music. ed. Elliott
Schwartz and Barney Childs, 415-420. New York: DaCapo Press, 1998.
    “And Don’t Call Them ‘Lady’ Composers (1970).” In Classic essays on twentieth-century music:
        a continuing symposium. ed. Richard Kostelanetz and Joseph Darby,171-174. New York:
        Schirmer Books, 1996.

Publications: Musical Scores Published by Smith Publications

Sonic Meditations for any voices (1970)¬
Double Basses at Twenty Paces for two basses, their seconds, referee and tape (1968)¬
Trio for Flute, Piano and Page Turner (1961)
Variations for Sextet (1960)–For flute, clarinet, trumpet, horn, cello and piano
Willowbrook Generations and Reflections for winds, brass and chorus (1976)
Tree/Peace for violin, cello and piano (1984)
(Spiral) Mandala for bass drum (four players), four clarinets, four glass players and vocalist (1978)
Bonn Feier an intermedia piece for indeterminate numbers of performers (1977)
Trio for Accordion, Trumpet and String Bass (1961)
The Wheel of Time for String Quartet and Tape (1984)
 

Publications: Musical Scores Published by Deep Listening Publications

70 Chords for Terry: A Meditation on String Theory for string quartet (2005)
The Gender of Now: There But Not There for trombone and piano (2005)
Sound Geometries for chamber orchestra and Expanded Instrument System (EIS) (2003)
Big Room for solo trombone and EIS (2003)
Spirit Light for solo accordion and EIS (2003)
Quantum Flirts and Fits for solo accordion (2003)
The Library of Maps: An Opera in Many Parts (2002)
Sound Patterns and Tropes for mixed chorus and percussion (2001)
Io and Her and the Trouble with Him – an opera  (2001)
Red Shifts for trombone, oscillators and noise (2000)
Lunar Opera Deep Listening For_tunes (2000)
Elemental Gallop for flute, piano cello and voice (2000)
 The Space of Spirit for vocalists, organ and carillon (1999)
The Heart of Tones for solo trombone and electronics (1999)
The Heart of Tones for ensemble (1999)
Six for New Time for four electric guitars and two percussionists (1999)
Quintessential for string quartet (1999)
Out of the Dark for string orchestra (1998)
Primordial/Lift for accordion, cello, electric cello, harmonium, violin, sampler and oscillator (1998)
Saxual Orientation for saxophone quartet (1997)
Four Meditations for orchestra (1997)
Breaking Boundaries for piano solo or ensemble (1996)
Epigraphs in the Time of Aids for accordion, trombone, keyboard, Long String Instrument and EIS (1994)
Ear Rings for any ensemble (1995)
mirrorrorrim for saxophone and piano (1994)
Njinga the Queen King: The Return of a Warrior – music theater (1993)
Illegal Harmony for two players (1992)
Pauline’s Solo for accordion (1992)
Pebble Music for mixed ensemble (1992)
Sound Fishes for solo or ensemble (1992)
Inside outside Space for chamber orchestra, vocalist and EIS (1992)
The Lightning Box for accordion, voice, keyboard, marimba and EIS (1990)
Wind Horse for Chorus (1990)
Portraits unique score computer generated for each performer encouraging creative interaction with the material, for soloist or any ensemble (1988)
Lion's Eye for gamelan (1985)
Music for Stacked Deck for mixed ensemble (1989)
The Witness for soloist and an imaginary partner or ensemble of up to 100 (1980)
Traveling Companions for 3 percussionists and 3 dancers (1980)
 

Earth Ears: A Sonic Ritual for any ensemble (1982-85)
Deep Listening Pieces fifteen pieces some including audience participation (1971-1990)
Thirteen Changes for violin  (1986)
Gathering Together for one piano eight hands (1984)
The Wanderer for twenty-two accordions and percussion (1983)
Wings of Dove for double wind quintet and two pianos (1983)
Beyond the Mysterious Silence: Approaches and Departures - Appearances and Disappearances for an ensemble and singers. (1995)

Discography

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Digital Video Discs (DVDs)

Recording Field, H. Interface: Curtis Bahn and Dan Trueman with Pauline Oliveros, Tomie
Hahn. DL-DVD-27. Deep Listening, 2003.
“Sayonara Sirenade 20/21.” Immersion: Electronic music in 5.1 surround sound. S-2010. S
Starkland, 2001.

Compact Discs

Fritz Hauser–Deep Time. DL-CD-32. Deep Listening, 2005.
Tara’s Room, Two Meditations on Transition and Change. DL-CD-22. Deep Listening, 2004.
“A Poem of Change.” No W--- Now. Passive Aggressive Records, 2004.
“Sound Fishes.” If Tigers Were Clouds. Zeitgeist. Innova 589. Innova, 2003.
“Apple Box Double.” Music from the Once Festival 1961-1966. 80567. New World Records, 2003.
The Space Between with Matthew Sperry. With Pauline Oliveros, Philip Gelb, and Dana
Reason. 482-1020. 482 Music, 2003.
The Space Between with Joëlle Leandre. With Pauline Oliveros, Philip Gelb, and Dana
Reason. 482-1017. 482 Music, 2003.
Timeless Pulse. Pauline Oliveros with George Marsh, David Wessel and Jennifer Wilsey.
DL-CD-21. Deep Listening, 2002.
NO MO, Something Else & Bog Road. 21023-2. Pogus, 2001.
Live at the Meridian: The Circle Trio. Pauline Oliveros with India Cooke and Karolyn van
Putten. SBR0024. Sparkling Beatnik Records, 2000.
The Space Between with Barre Phillips. With Pauline Oliveros, Philip Gelb, and Dana Reason.
482-1007. 482 Music, 2001.
Live in Atlanta: The Carrier Band. With Pauline Oliveros, Andrew Deutsch, Peer Bode, and Dick Robinson. Deep Listening, 2000.
Between/Waves. With Philip Gelb, Pauline Oliveros, Chris Brown, Jon Raskin, and Dana
Reason. SBR0006. Sparkling Beatnik Records, 1999.
 

Carrier. With Pauline Oliveros, Andrew Deutsch and Peer Bode. DL-CD-8. Deep Listening, 1999.
Non Stop Flight. Deep Listening Band. CD-1030. Music and Arts, 1998.
Ghostdance. With Pauline Oliveros, Julie Lyon-Rose, and David Gamper. DL-CD-7. Deep
Listening, 1998.
“In the Shadow of the Phoenix.” Driftworks. ABB1000. Big Cat, 1997.
Pauline Oliveros: Alien Bog/ Beautiful Soop. 21012-2. Pogus, 1997.
Pauline Oliveros: Electronic Works - I of IV, Big Mother is Watching You and Bye Bye Butterfly. Paradigm, 1997.
“Epigraphs in the Time of Aids.” Suspended Music. Deep Listening Band. P0010. Periplum, 1997.
Tosca Salad. Deep Listening Band. DL-CD-3. Deep Listening, 1995.
Sanctuary. Deep Listening Band. Mode-46. Mode Records, 1995.
Pauline Oliveros and American Voices. Mode-40. Mode Records, 1994.
Crone Music. LCD1903. Lovely Music Ltd., 1990.
The Ready Made Boomerang. Deep Listening Band and guests. NA044. New Albion, 1989.
Trogolodyte’s Delight . Deep Listening band with Fritz Hauser and Julie Lyon Balliette.
WN0003. ¿What Next?, 1990.
“The Lion’s Tale.” CDCM Computer Music Series, Vol. 7. CRC-3047. Centaur, 1990.
Deep Listening. Deep Listening Band. NA022. New Albion, 1989.
“The sound is breathtaking: mysterious, pure, eerie wrap-around sound that sometimes imitates a heavenly chorus and sometimes a distant jet engine...a listening experience like no other.” Melinda Bargreen, The Seattle Times
Fritz Hauser Zwei. Fritz Hauser with Pauline Oliveros, CD6010. Hat Art, 1989.
“The Roots of the Moment (Short version).” Kimus #2. CD0901. Hat Art, 1988.
The Roots of the Moment. CD6009. Hat Art, 1988.
“...a typically engrossing Minimalist tapestry from Pauline Oliveros...”
John Rockwell, The New York Times.

Records

Solo Album:
"Horse Sings From Cloud" and "Rattlesnake Mountain." Accordion and Voice. LP1901.
    Lovely Music, Ltd., 1982.

With Other Artists:
"The Well” and “The Gentle.” with Relâche, The Ensemble for Contemporary Music. two-record import. 2020. Hat Art, 1985.
“Horse Sings from Cloud” and “The Wanderer.” The Wanderer. LP1902. Lovely Music, Ltd., 1984.

Selections:
"Tuning Meditation.” Sounding/Way. With Guy Klucevsek. Pauline Oliveros Publications, 1986.
"The Receptive." Blue Window. Guy Klucevsek Zoar zcs-8. Zoar records, 1986.
"The Gentle" and "A Love Song."  Vor der Flüt. Two-LP import. ES 2025/26. Eigelstein, 1985.
 

"Lullaby for Daisy Pauline." Sleepers. Queens College Choral Society. 90266-1. Finnadar, 1985.
"Bye Bye Butterfly." New Music for Electronic and Recorded Media. Arch s1765. Arch, 1977.
(Out of print.)
"Trio for Flute, Piano and Page Turner."  New Music for Woodwinds. FGR-9s. Advance, 1973.
(Out of print.)
"Outline." The Contemporary Contrabass: New American Music by John Cage, Pauline
    Oliveros, Ben Johnston. Bertram Turetsky. H-71237. Nonesuch, 1969. (Out of print.)
"Sound Patterns." 20th Century Choral Music. New Music Choral Ensemble. AN-1005. Ars
    Nova, 1969. (Out of print.)
"Jar Piece." Electronic Essays.  MS2111. Marathon Music, Inc., 1968. (Out of print.)
"I of IV." New Sounds in Electronic Music. Odyssey 32 16 0160. Odyssey, 1967. (Out of print.)
"Sound Patterns."  Extended Voices: New Pieces for Chorus and for Voices Altered
    Electronically by Sound Synthesizers and Vocoder. Brandeis University Chamber Chorus.
    Odyssey 32 16 0156. Odyssey, 1967. (Out of print.)

Tapes

Tara’s Room. PO-C-1. Deep Listening, 1988.
“...Both pieces are intended to aid the listener in times of spiritual change, but are just fine for ‘everyday’ use as well. Highly recommended.” Charles Russell, Ear Magazine, 1987

Selected Videos and Film
                       
West Coast Music. A Film by West Coast Music Project for BBC-TV, 1986. Aired in Great Britain 1986.
Sounding/Way Series. A film by the Pauline Oliveros Foundation, 1986. includes "Farther Along the Unbeaten Path," with Guy Klucevsek; "On and Off the Walls," with Malcolm Goldstein and Don Knaack; and "First Meeting," with Joe McPhee.
The Well. A film by Urban-15, 1985. live performance of collaborative work "The Well," with Deborah Hay.
Vor de Flut. A film by Eigelstein Musikproduction (W. Germany), 1984. video of recording session for album of same name (see above).
Pauline Oliveros. A film by Linda Montano, 1979. biographical photomontage, with spoken biography and background music: "Rose Mountain Slow Runner" 20 min.
Music with Roots in the Aether: Robert Ashley. 1976. includes "Unnatural Acts Between Consenting Adults" and "Horse Sings From Cloud" 2 hrs.
Interview with Pauline Oliveros. University of  Pennsylviania, 1975. aired on PBS 1975.
The Sensual Nature of Sound: Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meridith Monk and Pauline Oliveros. A film by Michael Blackwood, 1992. Aired on PBS 1996.

 

Journal Articles

“Tripping On Wires: The Wireless Body: Who Is Improvising?” Critical Studies
in Improvisation/Etudes critiques en improvisation 1, no. 1 (2004): online.   
“Tools of Change and Transformation.” for the China  Catalog, Alfred University (July 2001).
“As Composers Where Are We Going?” Sounding Board, Newsletter of the American Composers Forum (2001).
“Quantum Listening: From Practice to Theory (to Practise Practice).” MusicWorks 76. (Fall 2000).
“Quantum Listening: From Practice to Theory (to Practise Practice).” Plenum Address for Humanities in the New Millennium. Chinese University Hong Kong, 2000.
“Quantum Improvisation: The Cybernetic Presence.” MusicWorks 75 (Spring 2000).
“Quantum Improvisation: The Cybernetic Presence.” Keynote address for Improvising Across Borders. University of California, San Diego, April 1999.
“David Behrman and his home grown Music” Woodstock Times 26 September 1999.
“Evangelism in Tappan Square.” Oberlin College News (Spring 1999).
“Deep Listening® Bridge To Collaboration.” Keynote address for ArtSci98>>>seeding collaboration. Cooper Union New York City, April 1998.
“Deep Listening® Bridge To Collaboration.” Journal of the IAWM 2 no. 3 (Fall 1999).
“A Performer-Controlled Live Sound-Processing System: New Developments and
    Implementations of the Expanded Instrument System.” with David Gamper. Leonardo Music Journal 8 (1998): 33-38.
“Breaking the Silence.”  Commissioned by Frau Musika (nova) (January 1998).
“A Former UCSD Professor Speaks Up: An Email Exchange.” Journal of the IAWM (Fall 1997).
“Acoustic and Virtual Space as a Dynamic Element of Music.” Leonardo Music Journal 5 (1995): 19-22.
“Listening As Healing.” Movement Research (August 1994).
“Expanded Instrument System (EIS)®.” with Panaiotis. Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference. San Jose: International Computer Music Association, 1992.
“The Earth Worm Also Sings: A Composer’s Practice of Deep Listening.” Leonardo Music Journal 3 (1993): 35-38.
“The Earth Worm Also Sings: A Response to I Hear Therefore I Am: Listening In the Twenty First Century.” a paper given by Joachim-Ernst Berendt at a theme session of the Glenn Gould Conference on Music and Technology. Toronto Canada, September 24, 1992.
“Cultivating an Artist's Career.” FYI, New York Foundation for the Arts (September 1991).
“Choreography Through Meditation: Oberlin Dance Collective in San Francisco” (January 1981).

 

Performances

      2007
1/12        Trio Concert with flutist Ellen Waterman and percussionist Jesse Stewart at University of Guelph, Guelph Canada
3/22        Tintinnabulate ensemble telepresence concert with CCRMA, Stanford University, Weave Ensemble, Loyola University and Synthia Payne ensemble at University of California Santa Cruz.
4/10        Concert with Else Olsen S.  piano, Christian Wolff, piano, Øyvind Storesund, Bass at Greenwich House Music School, New York City.
4/13        Concert with Else Olsen S.  piano, Christian Wolff, piano, Øyvind Storesund, Bass at Alternative Books, Kingston NY
4/20        Concert Sound Exchange with Roscoe Mitchell, Saxophone, Chatterjee, Tabla, Ione, Spoken word American Composer’s Forum at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
4/22        Concert Sound Exchange, American Composer’s Forum at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
5/9          Telepresence mixed ensemble concert from Kingston NY to Meridian Gallery in San Francisco, CA
5/11        Concert with Nameless Sound Youth Ensemble at Location One in New York City
5/12        Concert with Else Olsen S.  piano at the Stone in New York City
5/13        Concert with Else Olsen S.  piano and Fred Frith, guitar at the Stone in New York City
6/7-10     Deep Listening Convergence, Concerts at LifeBridge Sanctuary, High Falls, Sanctuary for Independent Media, Troy, NY, Time Space Limited, Hudson NY and LifeBridge Sanctuary, High Falls NY.
6/26        Telepresence Concert from RPI, KAIJ Institute, Seoul Korea, CCRMA Stanford U, Palo Alto, McGill University Montreal QC at the International Conference on Audio Display. Montreal
7/6          Trio concert with Ione, spoken word, Philip Dadson, homemade instruments, Auckland NZ
7/7          Duo concert with Ione, spoken word, Liquid Architecture Festival, Brisbane AU,
7/12        Duo concert with Ione, spoken word, Liquid Architecture Festival, Arts House North Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne AU
7/21        Tintinnabulate ensemble concert, Summer Winds Festival at the Wave Farm, Accra NY
8/5-6       Telepresence Concert with Tintinnabulate, CCRMA, Stanford, RPI, Calit Auditorium UCSD, Siggraph, San Diego CA
8/21        World Wide Tuning Meditation and EHRES at Lincoln Center Out of Doors, New York City
8/23        Hidden Forest with Elaine Summers Dance & Film Co. EHRES at Lincoln Center Out of Doors, New York City
9/29        Pauline Oliveros and the River Bottom Brainwave Band with Zevin Polzin and Alex Chechlie at Schenectady Museum of Science and Technology, Schenectady NY
10/8        Solo Concert at home of Philip Gelb in Oakland CA
10/19      Dream Waker, Dream Festival, 82 Prince St. Kingston NY
10/26      Solo concert with expanded instrument system 8 channels at Serpentine Pavillion, London UK
11/1-2     Concert of Oliveros works, Festival of New American Music, California State University Sacramento, Sacramento CA.
11/3        Trio concert at World Flute Festival, Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland CA
11/4        Circle Trio concert at CNMAT in Berkeley CA
11/5        Ensemble concert with Mills Faculty at Lisser Hall, Mills College Oakland CA
11/10      Timeless Pulse concert at CNMAT in Berkeley CA
11/15       Duo with Chris Brown-piano/electronics, Interpretations, Location One, New York City
11/16      Tintinnabulate ensemble telepresence concert with SoundWire Stanford University and Vista Muse, UCSD.
11/21      Solo concert with EIS 8 channels at Studio 1 Pace Center DeMonfort University in Leicester, UK
12/14      Mixed Reality concert from Northwestern University to Second Life in the International Conference on Improvised Music, Evanston IL
12/19      Pauline Oliveros and the River Bottom Brainwave Band with Zevin Polzin and Alex Chechlie at Emily Harvey Foundation, New York City

2006
2/2          Duo Concert with spoken word artist Ione at Greenwich House Music School, New York
2/14        Telepresence concert from Kingston NY to Berlin ñ Tesla Salon, Berlin Germany
2/25        Telepresence concert with Curtis Bahn, Tomie Hahn, Chris Brown at Mills College in Oakland with P. Oliveros in iEAR studios, RPI,  Troy. NY
3/27        Lecture/concert, Bennington College, Bennington VT.
3/31        Deep Listening Band, Ameircan Composerís Forum, SoundExchange Philadelphia PA
4/1          Deep Listening Band Ameircan Composerís Forum, SoundExchange, Philadelphia PA
4/16        Solo concert, Deep Listening Institute, New VanGuard, at Alternative Books, Kingston NY
4/21-22   Io and Her and the Trouble with Him, Zaccho Dance Co., Zaccho Studio, San Francisco CA.
4/27        Inter|Play ñ with video artist Surajit Sarkhar at the Sanctuary for Independent Media, Troy NY.
5/2          Murphy Mix Up for laptop orchestra, Princeton Laptop Orchestra, Princeton University, Princeton NJ
5/3          Maquilopolis (City of Factories) film screening in Tribeca Film Festival, New York, NY
5/25        Quartet Concert, Suddenly Listen, Halifax, Nova Scotia
6/8          Moving Spaces for 5.1 surround sound, Acoustical Society of America, Providence RI
6/21        Trio performance, Chris Chalfant book party, Greenwich House Music School, New York, NY
6/22        Duo concert with Ikue Mori, The Stone, New York, NY
9/20        Solo Concert, Visiones Sonaras, Mexico City, Mexico DF.
9/24        Duo Concert with Ione-spoken word/ sonic vocals, CENART Festival, Centro Multimedia, Mexico City
9/25        Concert with Arthur Fork Ensemble of 7 musicians, CENART Festival, Centro Multimedia,  Mexico City
10/13      Deep Listening Band with Ione, Dream Festival, Drew University, Madison NJ
10/19      Tintinnabulate concert/broadcast at Wave Farm, Accra NY
10/25      Tintinnabulate telepresence concert with Paula Matthusen and Weave Soundpainting Orchestra, Chicago Calling, Gallery West Hall, Chicago/Troy.
10/29      Theater of Substitution, performance, Dempster Diving, Town Hall, Seattle WA
11/12       The Tuning Meditation at Eidolon Habitat Festival, Brooklyn NY
11/26      Concert with Elizabeth Panzer and Jeff Pitcher, Deep Listening Institute,  New Vanguard, Alternative Books, Kingston NY
12/1        Solo concert and presentation for the International Society of Improvising Musicians (ISIM), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI
12/3        Duo concert and presentation with Thomas Ciufo, presentation for the International Society of Improvising Musicians (ISIM), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI
12/16      Duo Concert with Ione, GRIM Festival, Marseille, France

2005
1/25-26     Music for AB_TIME – a three-way performance from RPI in Troy NY via iCHATav with Scot Gresham-Lancaster at Mills College in Oakland CA and the SKALEN group in Marseille France
2/5     Improvisations with Marshall Trammel, Caterina De Re, Brian Seekins at Deep Listening Space, Kingston NY
2/11     Sound Fishes, The Witness, From Unknown Silences with the International Contemporary Ensemble at Kaufman Gallery, New York City
2/17     The Tuning Meditation with the Student Forum n Beall Hall, University of Oregon, Eugene OR 
2/18     Rock Piece, The Greeting Meditation, Antiphonal, For David Tudor with the Composer’s Forum,  “---the fierce urgency of now---“ solo accordion with EIS in Beall Hall, University of Oregon, Eugene OR 
2/26     Improvisations with members of the Action Arts Collective, Yoga Studio, Lexington KY
3/5     Pauline’s Solo with spoken word artist Ione at Deep Listening Space Kingston NY
3/11     Sound Fishes with Diametric Ensemble in Merging Voices Festival, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton CA
3/12     Tara’s Room in the Listening Room in Merging Voices Festival, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton CA
3/20     Quintuplet’s Playpen for Piano performed by Sarah Cahill at Deep Listening Space, Kingston NY
3/30 4      “---the fierce urgency of now---“ solo accordion with EIS in the electro-acoustic music festival Aural Tick, Rudder Forum at Texas A & M, College Station TX
4/19     Improvisations with Doug Van Nort, Zack Settel in full duplex 8 channel transmission via INTERNET2 between RPI, Troy NY and the Society for Arts and Technology, Montreal QC, Canada
4/23     Performance via iCHATav of 40 Days 40 Nights by True Rosachi in the electro-acoustic music festival in Vilnius Lithuania from RPI Troy NY.
4/26     Cross Overs (April 2, 1996) performed by the Deep Listening classes of RPI and Wesleyan University directed by Caterina De Re and Will Swofford via iCHATav between Troy NY and Middletown CT
5/3     70 Chords for Terry: A meditation on string theory, Kronos Quartet in the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, Pacific Rim Festival, Santa Cruz CA.
5/5     25:00 for Timeless Pulse collectively with David Wessel, Jennifer Wilsey, George Marsh and Tom Buckner in the Recital Hall at University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz CA
5/26     Music for AB_Time (1/26/05)–  a three-way performance from RPI in Troy NY via iCHATav with Scot Gresham-Lancaster at the NIMES Festival, Vancouver BC and the SKALEN group in Marseille France
6/8     Duo performance with spoken word artist Ione at the Centre Dürrenmatt, Neuchatel Switzerland
 

6/26     Trio performance with Ione and percussionist Vonn New, EMIT, Tampa FL
7/16     DomeWorks performance at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach FL
9/7     Solo performance with Expanded Instrument System, UNYAZI Festival, University of Witsrand, Johannesburg South Africa
9/9     Duo performance with Roscoe Mitchell-saxophone, Guelph Jazz Festival, Guelph Ontario, Canada
10/3     Duo performance with Stuart Dempster-trombone transmitted from iEAR Troy and DXArts Seattle to Mills College concert hall via iCHATav
10/8     Solo performance with Expanded Instrument System, DOM, Moscow Russia
10/11     Solo performance at Capella, St. Petersburg, Russia
10/16     Duo performance with David Dove – Trombone, Instal Festival, Glasgow, Scotland
10/19     Duo performance with spoken word artist Ione, Mercantile Library, New York NY
10/28     Trio performance with Fritz Hauser-percussion, David Gamper-piano, Issue: Project Room, Brooklyn, NY
11/5-6     Duo performances with spoken word artist Ione, Kanazawa 21st Century Museum of Art, Kanazawa, Japan
11/17     Seminar Tintinnabulate ensemble performance via iCHATav with MIG ensemble Brown University, Troy NY to Providence RI
11/19-20    Ensemble performance, RELAY at Museum of Modern Art, New York NY
11/ 21     Solo performance with Deep Listening Institute Houston Youth Ensemble, Rothko Chapel, Houston TX
12/1     Guest artist with AME ensemble performing via iCHATav from Tempe Arizona with Tintinnabulate ensemble at iEAR, Troy NY
12/2     Guest artist performing with AME ensemble, Digital Arts Ranch, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
12/11     Tintinnabulate ensemble performance at West Hall Auditorium, RPI, Troy NY

2004
1/18     Listening for Now, Trio performance with David Dove, Susie Ibarra at Deep Listening Space, Kingston NY
1/19     Listening for Now, Trio performance with David Dove, Susie Ibarra at Tonic,
New York NY
1/30     Pauline’s Solo for accordion and EIS, Powering Up/Powering Down, University of California San Diego
2/7     Pauline’s  Solo for accordion and EIS at Bates College, Lewiston ME
2/12     Pauline’s  Solo for accordion and EIS, Improvisation Festival, Cornish School, Seattle WA
3/19     Memorial for Billy Kluver for Bandoneon solo at Judson Church, New York NY
4/11-18     Sound Piece for ensemble, Pauline’s  Solo for accordion and EIS, and guest composer, Santa Fe Electro-Acoustic Festival, Santa Fe NM
4/27     The Tuning Meditation, The Kitchen Benefit, Town Hall, New York NY
5/4-5     Music for The Noh Project II, June Watanabe Dance Company, Yerba Buena Center, San Francisco CA
 

5/16     Music for Listen Edgemar, Edgemar Parking Garage, Santa Monica CA
5/26     Improvisation, New Perspectives on Improvisation: An International Conference and Performing Series by Project on Improvisation, McGill University at Casa Rosa, Montreal QB
7/1     Quartet concert with Ione, Al Margolis and Sarah Weaver, New Vangard at Deep Listening Space, Kingston NY
7/30     Duo improvisation with Tomie Hahn, Shakuhachi Festival, New York University, New York NY
9/10     Outline for Flute, Percussion and String Bass, Bye Bye Butterfly in concert at Mills College, Oakland CA
9/12     The Space Between with Dana Reason and Philip Gelb and guest artist Mark Dresser string bass at CNMAT, Berkeley CA
10/1-2     Apple Box Double, Bye Bye Butterfly, Circuitry for Percussion and light, The Fierce Urgency of Now during Wow & Flutter: The San Francisco Tape Music Center, The Playhouse plus EMPAC, RPI, Troy NY
10/16     Now and Then, Then and Now by The Deep Listening Band with Stuart Dempster and David Gamper in Sounds Like Now Festival, La Mama Theater, New York NY
10/30     The Fierce Urgency of Now- Solo accordion and EIS, Improvisation with MECA ensemble at Diverse Works, Houston TX
12/4     The Fierce Urgency of Now- Solo accordion and EIS, Sound Piece for found instruments, Traveling Companions for percussion and dancers Fergusen Concert Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN

2003
1/23-24     Solo and ensemble concerts, Deep Listening workshop, lecture and class visit for the Distinguished Visitor's Program at the University of Michigan School of Art & Design. Ann Arbor, MI 
2/9-11     Composer-in-residence and quartet improvisation concert with Larry Polansky, Jody Diamond and Kui Dong at Dartmouth College, Hanover NH
2/20-23     Solo concert, and ensemble performance of The Greeting Meditation and panelist for the Colloquium on Attention and the Arts, Pomona College Department of English, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
3/7-17     Composer in residence and concert including Sound Piece, Four Meditations for Orchestra and premiere of Sound Geometries commissioned by Musiques Nouvelles in the Ars Musica Festival, Brussels, Belgium.
3/15      Q-02 Ensemble performance of From Unknown Silences in the Ars Musica Festival, Brussels, Belgium
3/24     Duo performance with percussionist Brian Wilson and lecture As It Is at Levenson Recital Hall, Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music, Brooklyn NY
 

3/27     Department of Music, Women's Listening Room Event: Transforming Voices Electro-Acoustic Works by Women Composers around the Globe: Julie Adler, Patricia Allessandrini, Elaine Barkin, Jane Brockman, Madelyn Bryne, Kristine Burns, Chia-Chun Chen, Chin-Chin Chen,  Renee Coulombe, Chaya Czernowin, Sharon Farber, Ellen Fullman, Diamanda Galas, Brenda Hutchinson,  Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner,  Monique Jean, Katharina Klement, Amy Knoles, Joan La Barbara,  Anne La Berge, Jennifer Logan, Pamela Madsen, Meredith Monk,  Michelle Nagai, Olga Neuwirth,  Ketty Nez, Pauline Oliveros,  Hilda Paredes,  Maggi Payne, Jane Rigler   Kaija Saariaho,  Alex Shapiro, Alba Fernanda Triana, Lisa Whistlecroft,  Anmari Wili, Julia Wolfe and Pamela Z, Performing Arts Building, California State University, Fullerton,  CA
3/28     Ensemble concert at RailRoad Earth, Neil Fried director, with Atlanta musicians and performers Steve Everett, Dick Robinson, Ed Pias, Paul Jorgensen, Grady Cousins, Neil Fried, Regeana Morris and Peggy Benkeser in Emory Village, Decatur GA
3/29-30     Speaker and Deep Listening workshop - Symposium on the Transformative Power of the Arts at Emory University for the opening of the Donna and Marvin Schwartz Center for Performing Arts in Atlanta GA
4/6-8     Deep Listening workshop and studio visits. Windsor Feminist Theater University of Windsor, Labelle building Windsor Ontario
4/23     Panelist for New York Digital Salon's International Digital Art and Culture Symposium at the Museum of Modern Art's Gramercy Theater 6pm New York NY
5/2     Ensemble concert of The Heart of Tones, Sound Fishes and Sound Piece with Steven Rush Quartex at Deep Listening Space, Kingston NY
5/3     Duo concert improvisations with Stephen Vitiello at Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
5/17-18     Solo concert with EIS, Angelica, Festival Internazionale, Bologna, Italy
5/22     Concert with Deep Listening Band, Music From the Soul of the Earth: In Memory of Greg Altman, Arts and Events at Winter Garden, World Financial Center, New York NY
5/28     Four Meditations for Orchestra, Austin New Music Co-Op/Pauline Oliveros Foundation Houston at Ceremony Hall in Austin TX
5/30-31     Trio concert with Susie Ibarra, percussion and David Dove, trombone at Diverse Works, Houston TX
6/1     Four Meditations for Orchestra Austin New Music Co-Op/Pauline Oliveros Foundation Houston at MECA in Houston TX
6/11     Deep Listening Workshop and performance with students at Summer Institute – The Kitchen, New York NY
7/1-11     Professor of Music – MFA Summer Program at Bard College, Annandale on the
Hudson, NY
7/6     Duo concert with performance poet Ione and EIS, The Saturnalia Festival at Birdland in Madison CT
8/3     The Noh Project II with June Watanabe, Anshim Uchida, Leslie Scalapino, Phil Gelb, Toyoji, Tomita, and Shoko Hikage at the Headlands Center for the Arts, Sauselito CA
9/28     Post Paradise by Mia Zebelka ensemble concert at Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna Austria
 

9/29    Trio concert of improvised music with Mia Zabelka and Alvin Curran at Porgy and Bess Club, Vienna Austria
10/4     Duo concert improvisation with Anthony Braxton opening the 8th Annual Dream Festival at Deep Listening Space in Kingston NY
10/8      Trio concert with Curtis Bahn and Tomie Hahn at St. Peters Church in Troy NY
10/16-19    Trombonist with EIS Monique Buzzarté performs Big Room by Oliveros/Buzzarté with Morgan Thursen Dance Company at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis MN
11/2     Quartet concert with, Philip Gelb-shakuhachi, Fred Frith-guitar and Toyoji Tomita-trombone at the 21 Grand, Oakland CA
11/6     Lecture - Releasing Creative Potential Through Deep Listening in the Minds and Machines series for the First Year Studies at RPI
11/8     Six hour solo concert with EIS- Spirit Light - an auspicious moment to link with others in recognition of the harmonic concordance at 8:35pm. Diapason in New York City
11/13-15    Ensemble concert with EIS with Curtis Bahn, Perry Cook, Tomie Hahn, Larry Polansky and Dan Trueman, panelist for Frontiers in Electro-acoustic Music, Keynote address – Cooking in the Quantum Kitchen: Nourishing the Body of Electro-Acoustic Music for Listening in the Sound Kitchen: Festival of Electro-Acoustic Music, Princeton University Music Department, Princeton NJ
11/16     Trio concert with EIS– The Carrier Band with Peer Bode-vocoder and Andrew Deutsch – mixer at Deep Listening Space, Kingston NY
11/18     Ensemble concert, Synaspere at the Dome in the Junior Museum. Works-in-progress by students of Pauline Oliveros’ New Instrumentation for Performance research seminar, Troy NY
11/28     Sound Piece, ensemble coaching for DVD recording at MECA, Houston TX
12/15-19    Ensemble concert of compositions and Deep Listening workshop at Hochschule Der Künste, Bern Switzerland

2002
4/26     Concert w. Curtis Bahn, Tomie Hahn, Dan Trueman at Festival of Electronic Music at Bennington College, Bennington NY
4/27     Concert w. Curtis Bahn, Scott Smallwood, Stephan Moore at Mass Art, Boston MA
5/31-6/2     Sounding the Margins: 40 Year Retrospective at Lorraine Hansberry Theater – San Francisco CA 26 pieces performed.
6/6     Concert – Birthday tribute by the Locrian Players at Riverside Church New York
6/20    Concert w. Curtis Bahn, Tomie Hahn, Dan Trueman at Milagro’s on the Thursday Night Special Tivoli NY
6/30-7/4     Composer-in-Residence with concert at Walden School Dublin NH
7/5-14     Composer-in-Residence with Deep Listening Band at Sound Symposium, St John’s Newfoundland
7/27-30     Deep Listening Workshop at Women of the Skies Retreat Boothbay Harbor ME
8/7-13     Deep Listening Retreat at Big Indian Retreat Center, Big Indian NY
8/22     Happen'n - Deep Listening Workshop, Elat Chayim, Accord NY
 

9/19-22     Under the Influence: A Festival Celebrating the Legacy of Black Mountain College. Concert and Deep Listening Workshop in Asheville, Black Mountain, and Cullowhee, NC
9/23     Solo concert Slosberg Recital Hall, Music Building Brandeis U. Waltham MA
9/24     Deep Listening Workshop Music Building Brandeis U. Waltham MA
9/26-29     Deep Listening lecture/demo for Digital Dialogues: Technology and the Hand, Co-sponsored by the MIT Media Lab and the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Haystack Mt. ME, http://www.haystack-mtn.org/
10/22     Mata benefit – Introduced and presented a lifetime achievement award to Merce Cunningham at the Galen Gallery Brooklyn NY
10/29     Dance in the Digital Age; Collaboration over INTERNET2 with Choreographer June Watanabe at iCIT at CSUH and iEAR Space at RPI
11/2-3     Concert with The Space Between with Joelle Leandre at CNMAT in Berkeley
11/21     Concert with Timeless Pulse, Interpretations, Merkin Hall, New York NY
12/5     Concert with The Space Between Impulse/Response at The Art Center, Troy NY
12/7    Concert with The Space Between at Roulette, New York NY
12/9     Concert with The Space Between at Casa Del Popolo, Montreal, QC
12/10     Lecture on improvisation at McGill University

2001
3/11     Pioneer Theater, St. Paul MN, Zeitgeist, Selected works
3/15     University of Wisconsin River Falls, River Falls WI, Concert of works including the premiere of Sound Patterns and Tropes for chorus & percussion 
3/17     Engine 27 New York City, Deep Listening Band
3/21     SAI performs concert of Oliveros works, Music Hall U Wisconsin Madison, WI
4/13     Premiere - Io and Her and the Trouble with Him: an opera directed by Ione with music by Oliveros, Union Theater, Madison WI
4/30     University of Wisconsin Madison, UW Percussion Ensemble performing All Fours for the Drum Bum, Rolling Meditation & Traveling Companions
5/23     Solo concert & broadcast at Roulette TV, New York City
6/29-7/2     Sound Piece & Deep Listening at Sound Art Festival, Mexico City
7/27     The Space Between, California Institute for the Arts
7/28     Duo concert with Philip Gelb at Schindler House, Santa Monica, CA
9/7     Trio with Toyoji Tomita & Shoko Higage at Meridian Gallery, San Francisco CA
10/8     Suzanne Lacy Studio, Oakland CA, Performance of the Library of Maps: An Opera in Many Parts, parts I-III directed by Moira Roth
10/19     Deep Listening Band at Aki Festival, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Cleveland, OH
10/26      Sarah Cahill performs premiere of Quintuplets Play Pen: Homage to Ruth Crawford Seeger at Ruth Crawford Centennial at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn NY
11/10     Solo Concert at Serralves Foundation, Porto, Portugal
12/11-14 Solo Concert, Choral concert including The Heart of Tones & Sonic Meditations at University of Colorado, Colorado Springs CO
 

2000
1/15     Solo Concert at Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale NY
1/17     Concert with Straylight  at Knitting Factory, New York City
1/18     Solo Concert at Electronic Music Festival, Knitting Factory - New York City
2/25     New Circle Quintet concert at Tonic, New York City
3/5     KITKA vocal group performs the   premiere of The Space of Spirit: Unfolding the NewBorn Lotus at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco CA
3/18     Thamyris performs concert of music of Pauline Oliveros, Agnes Scott College, Decatur GA
3/26     Solo Benefit Concert at First Existentialist Church, Decatur GA
4/14-15     Antigone's Dream with Paula Josa Jones at Agnes Scott College, Decatur GA
4/16     Concert w/Bode/Deutsch/Robinson at Atlanta College of Art & Design, GA
4/18     Solo Concert at Birmingham Art Music Alliance in Birmingham AL
4/21     Elan Trio premiere’s Elemental Gallop at Oberlin Conservatory, Oberlin OH
5/30     Farewell & demo of Sayonara Sirenade: 20/21 at Railroad Earth Studio, Decatur GA
5/12     Write Soon Tell All with Tom Bickeley, Susan Alcorn and David Dove at MECA,
Houston TX
5/20     Solo Concert at Woodland Pattern, Milwaukee WI
6/13     Benefit Concert for Pauline Oliveros Foundation with Deep Listening Artists at Knitting Factory, New York City
6/26     Sound Piece Concert with Ensemble Zwischentöne at Parochialkirche Berlin, Germany
6/29     Red Shifts for trombone & Electronics (Premiere), Ear Rings for mixed quartet at Inventionen Festival, Berlin, Germany
7/13     Riley – In C with an all electronic instrument ensemble at Ethical Cultural Society,
Lincoln Center Festival, New York City
7/28     Solo concert at Beyond Baroque, Los Angeles CA
8/5     Benefit concert with Deep Listening Artists at Plan B, Santa Fe NM
8/17     Out-of-Doors Festival, and premiere of Lunar Opera: Deep Listening For_Tunes at
    Lincoln Center, New York
9/8-9     The Space Between at University of Colorado, Boulder CO
10/6     The Circle Trio at Meridian Gallery, San Francisco CA
10/16     Sparkling Beatnik Concert with The Space Between at The Nicherin Buddhist Church, San Francisco CA
10/20     Sparkling Beatnik Concert with The Space Between in Seattle WA

1999
1/24     Pauline Oliveros & David Gamper, Breaking the EIS, Pauline's Solo, David’s Solo, EIS Cream at De Ijsbreker – Amsterdam
2/20     Oliveros & Friends Deep Listening at Artemisia Gallery, Chicago IL
2/21     Jack the Dog/Oliveros, Horse Sings From Cloud at Chicago Cultural Center
3/1     Oliveros Retrospective Concert, Deep Listening, Sounds From Childhood, All Fours for the Drum Bum, The Well and The Gentle at Making Music, Weil Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City
 

3/14       Deep Listening Band, Deep Listening, Sound Fishes at Cat in the Cream, Oberlin Conservatory OH
4/19     Lecture/concert at Columbia College, Chicago IL
4/23     Solo concert at University of Oklahoma, Norman OK
5/22-23     Ensemble concerts at Open Ears Festival, Guelph CA
6/12     Concert with Joe McPhee & Julie Lyon Rose at Lorraine Kessler Gallery, Poughkeepsie
6/16     The Knitting Factory, New York City, Deep Listening Band with Straylight
7/31     Deep Listening Festival at PlanB, Santa Fe NM
9/4     Echoes from the Moon at Höfe-Fest, City of St. Pölten, Austria
9/18     Vocal Variations: Rituals, Improvisations, Texts and Sounds - A Celebration of Women in Creative Music at Mills College Concert Hall, Oakland CA
10/15     The Space Between at Clarion, San Francisco CA
10/16     The Space Between at Center for New Music & Audio Technology, Berkeley CA
10/30     Concert with David Gamper and Ione in Marseille, France
11/13     Musikerinnen - Festival, Wie Es Ihr Gefällt , Berlin  - Solo Concert
12/3     Solo Concert at Meridian Gallery, San Francisco CA
12/10     The Space Between at Spruce St. Gallery San Diego CA

1998
Tour –     Four Accordions of the Apocalypse: Alan Bern, Amy Denio, Guy Klusevsek and Pauline Oliveros – Oliveros repertoire: Horse Sings From Cloud, Hegel’s Dialogue, Play Thing, Apocalyptic Moments
4/15      Roxy -Ulm Germany
4/16     Tollhaus - Karlsruhe,  
4/17     Theater- Salzburg Austria 
4/18     KulturzentrumWels 
4/19     Theater. -Ljubljana, Slovenia 
4/21     Spielboden-Dornbirn, Austria
4/22     Rote Fabrik-Zurich, Switzerland
4/23     Stadt Theater- Russelsheim, Germany
4/24     Stadtgarten-Koln, Germany
4/25    Beursschouwbourg-Brussels, Belgium
5/22    Solo concert -Pauline's Solo, Deep Listening at Queen Elizabeth Hall-London
6/2    Pauline Oliveros Deep Listening at Harmony House, CT
6/27    Oliveros/Buckner -The Heart of Tones at Mohawk Festival NY
9/12    The Circle Trio with India Cooke& Karolyn Van Putten Mills College, Oakland CA
9/14/    Pauline's Solo at Rova Festival, Mt. Tamalpais Amphitheater, Tamalpais CA
9/18-19     The Space Between with Barre Phillips at Center for New Music and Audio Technology, Berkeley CA 
9/19    Downtown Arts Fest New York/California/Massachusetts via INTERNET Maggi Payne, Brenda Hutchinson, Jessie Gilbert, Helen Thorington
 

9/24-26     Deep Listening Band with Ellen Fullman and the Long String Instrument, Epigraphs in the Time of Aids at Rotunda of the Law Library, Columbia University New York City
10/2    Rova Saxophone Quartet premiere of Saxual Orientation at Mills College Concert Hall, Oakland CA
10/3    Meridian Gallery -San Francisco CA Solo concert
10/19    Njinga The Queen King directed by IONE at Mills College, Oakland CA
10/30    Deep Listening Duo with Abbie Conant at Frau Musica Nova, WDR, Cologne Germany
11/1    Premiere of Out of the Dark for string orchestra by Ensemble Resonanz at Frau Musica Nova, Cologne Germany
11/7    Gelb /Reason/Oliveros Deep Listening at Yerba Buena Center, San Francisco CA  
11/8    The Space Between with John Raksin at Bean Benders, Berkeley CA
11/14    Solo concert -Deep Listening at Plan B, Santa Fe NM
11/15    Solo concert - Deep Listening at The Out Post, Albuquerque NM
11/16    Njinga the Queen King with IONE/Oliveros/Ngo at Mills College, Oakland CA
12/11    Njinga The Queen King directed by Ione at Mills College, Oakland CA

Current Research Interests

2007
Initiation of the Telematic Circle – an association of institutions interested in performing telematic music. Includes CCRMA, Stanford University, CIRCA, University of California San Diego, CRMIT, McGill University, University of California Santa Cruz, Brown University.

Telepresence performances in low latency multi-site connection at the International Conference on Audio Display (ICAD) June 25 in Montreal CA and Siggraph at CALIT Auditorium in San Diego CA August 5-6.

Telepresence performance with the Ensemble Tintinnabulate in low latency connection with CCRMA at Stanford University and Vista Muse, University of California San Diego.

2006

Telepresence performance with the Ensemble Tintinnabulate in low latency connection with CCRMA at Stanford University. An eight channel system has been established jointly with Jonas Braasch in Architecture.

Electroacoustic improvisation with the Expanded Instrument System.

Adapted Use Musical Instruments for the physically challenged to enable electroacoustic improvisation and composition.

2005

DomeWorks: A 20ft portable geodesic dome covered in lycra with and 8-channel surround sound system and a 3600p projector for an immersive audiovisual environment.

Dreamless Sleep performed at Site Santa Fe in New Mexico on August 5 for the 60th Anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. with a pre-performance AV connection with Hiroshima during the ceremonial ringing of the Peace Bell.

2004

Collaboration, Communication and Co-creation:
Impulse/response collection at sacred sites in Southern Italy including Sugesta, Sicily, Seminara, Calabria. The I/Rs will be used to simulate the acoustic environments of these extraordinary sound spaces for performances.

Internet2 8-channel hi-bandwidth audio transmission between the Society for Audio Technology, Montreal and RPI spring 2004-2005.

The Fierce Urgency of Now, 8 channel accordion solo with EIS 2004. Performances in Houston, Minneapolis, and RPI.

Measurement of resonance effect with PEAR lab microREG in all Deep Listening classes in the spring 2005.

2001-2003

Reality Exchange: Telepresence performance and teaching

Library of Maps, an opera in many parts: a collaboration with writer Moira Roth

The Expanded Instrument System (EIS) – a programmed improvisation environment for instruments and voices.

Deep Listening: A Composer’s Sound Practice

Performances

RPI research seminars including Tintinnabulate – a multi-media improvising ensemble

Editorship of Journals, Reviews of Manuscripts, Books, and Research Proposals, Curating,
and Jurying of Exhibitions

Advisory board, Critical Studies in Improvisation/Etudes critiques en improvisation, 2005-06
Editorial board, Perspectives of New Music, 1999-2006   

Professional Societies

Society for American Music¬, Honorary Membership 2005
Philosophical Club 2005¬, Member
ArtsWire, Executive Committee since 1992
ASCAP, Member since 1981
Composer's Recordings Inc. (CRI), Editorial Board 1991-98
Good Sound Foundation, Board of Directors 1985-94
Composer's Forum, Board of Directors since 1982
American Music Center, Board of Directors 1982-88
New York Foundation for the Arts¬, Board of Governors 1987-89

Community and Public Service

Exploratorium Advisory Council–Listen project 2003-2006
Deep Listening Institute, Ltd. (Formerly Pauline Oliveros Foundation.), President 2005-2007
Pauline Oliveros Foundation, President 1999-2004
Pauline Oliveros Foundation, Co-artistic Director 1985-1999
Mayor Gallo's Internet Task Force - City of Kingston 1996
Exploratorium - International Arts Advisory Council 1993-95
Ulster Arts Alliance, Member 1990-2001
 

Ulster Arts Alliance, Board of Directors 1995-96
National Young Composer's Competition, Board of Advisors 1996-97

Professional and Public Lectures

2007
Deep Listening Workshop, Alt.Mus, Auckland NZ 7/2
Deep Listening Meditation Workshop, RMIT Spiritual Centre, RMIT University, Melbourne AU, 7.14
Deep Listening Retreat (17th Annual), LifeBridge Sanctuary, High Falls NY 7/29-8/4
Deep Listening Convergence Report , “The Virtual Future of Jazz: Improvisation, Technology, and Time”Conference,  University of Guelph, Guelph ON 9/3-6
Deep Listening Workshop, California Institute of Integral Studies, 10/6-7
Why Compose New Music? - Keynote address, Festival of New American Music, California State University Sacramento, Sacramento CA 11/1
The Expanded Instrument System, Colloquium, Music Technology Innovation Center, DeMontfort University, Leicester, UK 11/21
Deep Listening Workshop, Music Technology Innovation Center, DeMontfort University, Leicester, UK 11/19
Panel – Telematic Music, International Society on Improvised Music, Northwestern  University, Evanston IL. 12/16
2006
Improvising with Spaces, Invited paper presented at the Acoustical Society of America a Meeting in Providence RI 7/6/2006
Panel on Computer Music Communities at the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) at Tulane University, New Orleans LA 11/ 11, 2006
Sounding the Borders, invited paper for Visiones Sonaras, Mexico City 9/22/2006
Improvising with Social Themes, International Society for Improvising Musicians at Unversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI
Deep Listening Workshop, Happen’n, Full Moon Center, Oliverea NY 6/28/2006
Deep Listening Retreats, Rose Mountain Retreat Center, 7/30-8/15/2006
Deep Listening Workshop, LICM, New York NY 7/12/2006
Deep Listening Workshop, SoundExchange, American Composer’s Forum, Philadelphia PA 4/1
Lecture via iCHATav, to composition seminar, Bowling Green State University, 3/10
Lecture on Tintinnabulate, Eyebeam, New York NY 1/26
Deep Listening Workshop, SoundExchange, American Composer’s Forum, Philadelphia, PA 1/17

2005
12/17    Deep Listening Workshop for Movement Research, Eden Expressway, New York, NY
11/29    Deep Listening Workshop for the Arts and Mechanical Engineering ensemble,
    Digital Arts Ranch, Arizona State University
11/28    Deep Listening Workshop for the Music and Healing class at Arizona State University
11/21    Deep Listening: The Spiritual Component, Rothko Chapel, Houston TX
11/3     Deep Listening Workshop, 21st Century Museum of Art, Kanazawa, Japan
10/31    Deep Listening, Lecture/demo for Creativity and IT in Thompson, invited by
    Professor Michael Century of the Arts department
10/28    Discussion of Deep Time by Fritz Hauser, Issue: Project Room, Brooklyn NY
10/26    Deep Listening Sound Design for Game Design class in Sage, invited by Professor
    Kathleen Ruiz
10/19    Discussion of Cross Overs at Mercantile Library, New York NY
10/15    Deep Listening Workshop, Instal Festival, The Arches, Glasgow, Scotland
10/10    Music of Pauline Oliveros, talk at Conservatory of Music, St. Petersburg Russia
9/1    Collaboration with Reynolds, UNYAZI Festival paper session, Johannesburg South Africa
8/7-13    Deep Listening Retreat, Rose Mt. Retreat Center, Las Vegas NM
7/23-8/1    Deep Listening Retreat, Seeguetli, Switzerland
6/27-7/17Residency for DomeWorks, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach FL
6/16    Ringing for Healing presentation, Bard College, Annendale on the Hudson, NY
5/16    Deep Listening, Theory class, Central Washington University via iCHATav
5/12    Consultant on experimental venues for Meet the Composer, New York, NY
5/4    Sound Art – talk at University of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
4/18    Class visit California Institute of the Arts
4/16-17    Deep Listening Workshop, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia CA
4/9    Deep Listening: A Composer’s Sound Practice – reading at Alternative Books,
    Kingston NY
3/20    Re-viewing the Reviewers – Symposium on criticism, Deep Listening Space,
    Kingston NY
2/25    Colloquium, Music Department, University of Kentucky, Lexington KY
2/17    Student Forum for the School of Music, University of Oregon
2/15-17    Deep Listening Workshop, Society for American Music Conference, University of Oregon

2004
12/2-5    Discussion with Libby Larsen for the symposium - Art and Commitment, at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN
12/2    The Music of Pauline Oliveros, class visit at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN
 
 
11/13    Master Class for composers, Lotus Studio, New York NY
9/21    Deep Listening, lecture/demo for Creativity and IT at the invitation of Professor Neil Rolnick, DCC RPI
9/10    The President’s Colloquium on Women in Music, Mills College, Oakland CA
9/10    Listening for the Future, Address for the Mills Convocation, Mills College, Oakland CA
6/24-25    Listen, Conference of advisers, The Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA
5/26    Round Table, New Perspectives on Improvisation: An International Conference and Performing Series by Project on Improvisation, McGill University at Casa Rosa,
Montreal QB
4/24-25    Deep Listening, Women’s Mysteries workshop, Thunder Ranch, West Point, TX
4/12-17    The Music of Pauline Oliveros, Santa Fe Electro-Acoustic Music Festival, class visits at the College of Santa Fe
4/3-4    Deep Listening, lecture demo for the Listening Project at the Exploratorium, San
Francisco CA
4/2    The Music of Pauline Oliveros, lecture/demo for the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
3/29    Deep Listening, lecture for Mills Alumnae, Mills College, Oakland CA
3/28    Remembering Joe, Joe Catalano Exhibition at the Olin Library, Mills College, Oakland CA
2/20    Music of Pauline Oliveros, lecture/demo for the Composer’s Seminar, New York University
2/15    Deep Listening Workshop, Bainbridge Island WA
2/13    Improvisation through Deep Listening, Lecture at Cornish School, Seattle WA
2/6    Deep Listening and the Music of Pauline Oliveros, class visits at Bates College,
Lewiston ME
1/30    Tripping On Wires: The Wireless Body, Keynote address for Powering Up/
Powering Down, a conference on electro-acoustic music at the University of California
San Diego
1/20     Deep Listening, Lecture/demo for Creativity and IT in DCC, invited by Professor Neil Rolnick of the Arts department, RPI

2003
11/15    Keynote address – Cooking in the Quantum Kitchen: Nourishing the Body of Electro-Acoustic Music for Listening in the Sound Kitchen: Festival of Electro-Acoustic Music, Princeton University Music Department, Princeton NJ
11/6    Releasing Creative Potential Through Deep Listening in the Minds and Machines series for the First Year Studies at RPI
4/23    Panelist for New York Digital Salon's International Digital Art and Culture Symposium at the Museum of Modern Art's Gramercy Theater New York, NY
3/29/30    Speaker and Panelist, Symposium on the Transformative Power of the Arts at Emory University for the opening of the Donna and Marvin Schwartz Center for Performing Arts in Atlanta GA
 

3/24    As It Is a lecture, Levenson Recital Hall, Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music, Brooklyn NY
2/20    Panelist for the Colloquium on Attention and the Arts, Pomona College Department of English.  Pomona College, Claremont CA
1/23-24    Deep Listening lecture and class visit for the Distinguished Visitor's Program at the University of Michigan School of Art & Design. Ann Arbor MI

2002
10/22    Mata benefit – Introduced and presented Merce Cunningham with a Lifetime Achievement Award, Brooklyn NY
9/26-29    Deep Listening Lecture for Digital Dialogues: Technology and the Hand, Co-sponsored by the MIT Media Lab and the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Haystack Mt. ME, http://www.haystack-mtn.org/
4/29    Music of Pauline Oliveros -Lecture at Bowdoin College, Brunswick ME
4/23    Music of Pauline Oliveros -Lecture Brown University, Providence RI

2001
Panelist – Ruth Crawford Seeger Centennial Conference, ISAM, Brooklyn College
Panelist – Composer Fellowships – Massachusetts Council for the Arts, Boston
Judge – Gaudeamus New Music Interpreters Competition, Rotterdam NL
Keynote Address – Sound Practice, World Forum on Acoustic Ecology, Dartington Conference Center, UK
Panelist – Teaching 20th Century Music, Gamut, Agnes Scott College, Decatur GA

2000
Plenary Speaker - Quantum Listening: From Practice to Theory (To Practice Practice) Congress on Culture, Humanities and Humanity - The Chinese University in Hong Kong
Quantum Listening: From Practice to Theory, Humanities Conference, and Drew University
Panelist - The Georgia Association of Music Theorists (GAMUT) annual conference
Key Note Address, ICAD at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA

1999
Key Note Address -  Quantum Improvisation: The Cybernetic Presence, Improvisation Across Borders Conference at UCSD
1998
Keynote address - Deep Listening: Bridge to Collaboration, Art/Sci Conference at Cooper Union, New York NY
1997
Herb Alpert Awards – Los Angeles
1996
Panelist - Meet the Composer - Commissions New York City
 

1994
Panelist - New York Foundation for the Arts - Composer's Fellowships
1990
Panelist - Pew Charitable Trusts - Composer's Fellowships
1988
Panelist - Bush Foundation - Composer's Fellowships
Panelist - New York State Council on the Arts - Composer's Fellowships1974-79
National Endowment for the Arts - Composer's Panel

Deep Listening Retreats

Deep Listening Retreat 1991-2004, Rose Mt. Retreat Center, Las Vegas, NM, Hotel Regina, Muerren, Switzerland, Haliburton Wild Life Preserve, Big Indian Retreat Center, Big Indian, NY

Deep Listening Workshops

2001
12/11-14    Composer Residency – University of Colorado, Colorado Springs CO
8/23-24    Happen’n DL Workshop
7/23    Seminar for Young Composers CSSS at Cal Arts
7/20-23     Yoga Center, Vancouver BC
6/29-7/2     Sound Art Festival – Manuel Rocha - Mexico City
5/6-15     Egypt – process journey
4/28-29     Benedictine Center, Middleton WI

2000
8/24-27     Deep Listening Workshop, Women’s Drum Camp Happen'n,  Accord NY
7/4-10     Who Wants to be a Woman Tomorrow? Female Configurations in the Performing Arts of Today A meeting of women artists from different cultures, organized by the 2nd Sommerakademie in Braunschweig  from July 1-6, 2000 in collaboration with the German Center of the ITI, the CIDC, and DTC during the Festival Theaterformen
5/19     Politics of Meaning Conference – Open Center at Riverside Church
    4/6     Shambala Center, Decatur GA
3/29     First E. Church, Decatur GA
2/5     Agnes Scott College, Decatur GA

1999
8/20-21     Happen'n Accord NY
6/25     Alexander Practitioners Conference, Smith College, Amherst MA
5/22-23     Open Ears Festival, Guelph CA
4/23     Oklahoma University, Norman OK
2/20     Concert Artemisia Gallery Chicago
 

2/20     Artemisia Gallery, Chicago IL
2/19     Cincinnati Conservatory, Cincinnati OH
2/16     Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory, Cleveland OH

Honors and Awards

Honorary Membership in the Society of American Music, University of Oregon 2005
Honorary Doctor of Music, Mills College, Oakland CA 2004
Goldie Award for Life Time Achievement, Bay Guardian for contributions to culture in the
    Bay Area, San Francisco 2001
SEAMUS Life Time Award for pioneering work in electroacoustic music, 1999
Foundation for Contemporary Performance - Performance Award 1994
ASCAP Standard Award 1982-2005
Bessie Award for Music Composition, Dance Theater Workshop for Contenders 1991
Letter of Distinction - American Music Center 1991
NEA Composer's Fellowship 1990
City of Philadelphia Citation 1989
NEA Composer's Fellowship 1988
Honorary Doctor of Music, University of Maryland Baltimore County 1986
City of Houston - Pauline Oliveros Day March 3. 1984
NEA Composer's Fellowship 1984
Beethoven Prize - City of Bonn for Bonn Feier 1977
Guggenheim Fellowship for composition 1973
Gaudeamus Prize - Best Foreign Work - Sound Patterns 1962
Pacifica Foundation Prize for Variations for Sextet 1960

Foreign Professional Travel

2005
Switzerland for Deep Listening Retreat and Residency at Centre Dürrenmatt.
South Africa for the Unyazi Festival presentation and performances
Canada for the Guelph Jazz Festival performance
Russia for presentations and performances
Scotland for Deep Listening workshop and performance
Japan for Deep Listening workshop and performances