Below is a growing set of links to women working in sound, scroll past the history ones to see contemporary sound artists. This is a 'expanding' list, so if your name is not on here yet, please email girrlsound to have it put up, include your name and links to your work ...
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History of Women and Sound Influences ::
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Hildegard of Bingin (1098-1181)
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Self Sounders Japanese women of the 4th up to the 12th century were working on sound through poetry, called Idiophones ‘self-sounders’, *Princes Shikishi, Chiyo-ni, Otagaki Rengetsu, Abutsu-ni, Lady Ise, Michit suna no Haha, Sei Shonagon, Princess Senshi and AmaSaiko were emulating sound as sound into text based work and performance.
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Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) wrote Two: Gertrude Stein and her Brother a ‘sound theory ‘ in 1911. Stein’s development of experimental and minimal approaches bordering literature and sound are vitally important in terms of emerging trends in digital language and innovation cultures. Her work involved the constructing of an ethical and positive relationship between sound and experimental writing that is valid today in both digital sound and performance. This was a groundbreaking work broke disciplinarily and moved sound art making into an interdisciplinary project and space.
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Sonia Delauney (1885-1979)
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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
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Ada Lovelace (1815-1852)
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Eliane Radique (1932-)
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Edith Sitwell (1887-1964) was most interested by the distinction between poetryand music, a matter explored in Façade (1922), which was set to music by William Walton, a series of abstract poems the rhythms of which counterparted those of music. Façade was performed behind a curtain with a hole in the mouth of a painted face (the painting was by John Piper) and the words were recited through the hole with the aid of a Sengerphone. The public received the first performance with bemusement, but there were many positive reactions.
Contemporary Women in Sound :: (a growing list!!!)
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Adrienne Albert (USA, 1947) – voice; Contem
Liz Allbee (USA) – trumpet, electronics, objects; Improv
Becky Allen (USA) – voice; Sound Art, Elec
Alquimia (Mexico/UK) – voice, electronics; PoMo, Improv, Elec, Hybrid
Maryanne Amacher (USA, 1943) – Elec, Sound Art; electronic music and architectural installations at the extremes of the dynamic range; CD
Laura Andel (Argentina/USA, 1968) - woodwinds; Contempo, PoMo, Improv, Hybrid
Beth Anderson (USA, 1950) – Contempo, PoMo, Elec, Sound Art, Text; sound poetry pioneer
Elizabeth Anderson (USA/Belgium, 1960) - Elec, Contempo; focus on electroacoustic music; CDs + Bio
Laurie Anderson (USA, 1947) – voice, violin, electronics; PoMo, Elec, Sound Art, Text
Natasha Anderson (Australia) – contrabass, recorders, electronics; Elec, PoMo
Ruth Anderson (USA, 1928) – Elec; very pure electronic music and sound poetry; CD
Sarah Angliss (UK) – Elec, Sound Art; installations and media arts
Jacki Apple (USA) – Sound Art, Text; writer and radio, performance, installation artist; bio + clips at New American Radio; Nonsequitur released Voices in the Dark on the Radius: Volume 2 compilation.
Clarice Assad (Brazil/USA, 1978) – piano, voice; Contempo, PoMo, Hybrid; bio + clips
Elizabeth R. Austin (USA/Germany, 1938) – Contempo
Ana-Maria Avram (Romania, 1961) – piano, conductor; Contempo, Elec
Lydia Ayers (USA/Hong Kong) - flute, electronics; Elec, Contempo, PoMo; computer music, microtonality, new instruments, ethnomusicology (Chinese, Indonesian, Native American); CD
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Carla Bley
Sonia Boyce (British)
Candice Breitz
Vickie Bennett (Britain)
Louise Bourgeous (French)
Magal Babin (Canada)
Caroline Bergvall (French - Norwegian)
Christine Baczewska (USA) – voice; PoMo, Elec; Nonsequitur released Day of the Dead on the Aerial #1
Jen Baker (USA) – trombone; Improv, Jazz, Contempo
Angelina Baldoz (USA) – trumpet; Improv; also music for dance, theater, and film/video; bio
Ellen Band (Canada/USA, 1952) – Sound Art, Elec; installations and works using field recordings and sounds of quotidian objects; Nonsequitur released Railroad Gamelan on the Aerial #6 compilation.
Ros Bandt (Australia, 1951) – Sound Art, Elec; focus on radio art, installations, and sound sculpture
Manuela Barile (Italy, 1978) – voice; Improv with extended vocal techniques, performance art; she also has a MySpace page
Elaine Barkin (USA, 1932) – Contempo, PoMo, Elec, Text, Hybrid; bio, CD (scroll down to find it)
Carla “CK” Barlow (USA) – Elec, Improv, PoMo, Contempo; focus on electroacoustic music and live sampling
Natasha Barrett (UK/Norway, 1972) – Elec, PoMo, Sound Art
Bebe Barron (USA, 1927) – Elec; early electronic music pioneer in collaboration with her husband Louis Barron; article, CD
Amy "Mrs. H.H.A." Beach (USA, 1867-1944) – piano; 20c; bio, article; more of a Romantic composer than a Modernist, but a trailblazer for women in music.
Eve Beglarian (USA, 1958) – Contempo, PoMo, Elec; CD
Barbara Benary (USA, 1946) – gamelan; Hybrid, PoMo; also new instrument builder and co-founder of Gamelan Son of Lion; bio
Jennifer Bernard (USA, 1981) – piano, viola; Contempo, PoMo, Elec; focus on electroacoustic music.
Ragnhild Berstad (Norway, 1956) – piano; Contempo, Elec; profile
Johanna Beyer (Germany/USA, 1888-1944) – 20c; article, scores; Nonsequitur released IV for PercussionAerial #3 compilation, and co-produced a CD of her piano music on the New Albion label performed by Sarah Cahill.
Lisa Bielawa (USA) – voice; PoMo, Contempo
Cindy Lubar Bishop (USA) – voice, electronics; PoMo, Elec; bio + CD
Iva Bittová (Czech Rep., 1958) – violin, viola, voice; Improv, PoMo, Contempo; compositions using extended vocal techniques with own accompaniment incorporating elements of folk/gypsy music, free improv, modern classical.
China Blue (USA) – Sound Art
Carla Bley (USA, 1938) – piano, organ, voice; Improv; experimental big band pioneer (web site is tricky, but you can go directly to her bio)
Olivia Block (USA) – trumpet, electronics; Elec, PoMo, Sound Art, Improv; combines field recordings, electronics, and scored instruments.
Carrie Bodle (USA) – Sound Art; site specific and immersive sound installations.
Michèle Bokanowski (France, 1943) – Elec; musique concrète, electroacoustic, film music; bio.
Georgina Born (UK) – cello, bass; Improv; improviser who also played with Henry Cow, Art Bears, National Health, also a cultural theorist; book.
Susan Botti (USA) – voice; Contempo
Nadia Boulanger (France, 1887-1979) – 20c; was also an important teacher of many younger composers.
Anne Bourne (Canada, 1958) – cello, voice; Improv, PoMo, Hybrid; bio.
Jen Boyd (USA) – electronics, field recordings, misc.; Elec.
Gena Branscombe (Canada/USA, 1881-1977) – piano; 20c; not really "experimental," but a pioneer woman composer and colleague of Amy Beach; bio, CD
Kitty Brazelton (USA) – voice; PoMo, Contempo, Elec.
Caroline Breece (UK/USA, 1977) – Elec.
Jane Brockman (USA) – Contempo, Elec.
Margaret Brouwer (USA, 1940) – Contempo
Elizabeth Brown (USA,1953) - flute, shakuhachi, theremin, dan bau; Comtempo, Hybrid
Monique Buzzarté (USA, 1960) – trombone; Contempo, PoMo, Improv, Elec; also a virtuoso interpreter who has commissioned many trombone works by women.
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Anthea Caddy (Australia) – cello; Elec, PoMo
Mira Calix, neé Chantal Passamonte (South Africa/UK) – turntables, electronics; Elec.; also works as a DJ and makes dance music; MySpace
Lidia Camacho (Mexico) – Sound Art; experimental radio artist and producer; bio
Allison Cameron (Canada, 1953) – Contempo, PoMo; bio + CDs, more bio + list of works
D. Raylene Campbell (Canada, 1968) – accordion, electronics; PoMo, Elec, Improv, Sound Art
Janet Cardiff (Canada, 1957) – Sound Art; bio, interview; artist who uses sound prominently in her installations. [the link to her own web site vanished]
Emma Carlé (New Zealand, 1978) – PoMo, Hybrid, Elec; bio; many works for Western instruments mixed with Indonesian gamelan.
Melody Sumner Carnahan (USA) – Text; experimental writer and radio artist who collaborates often with composers and sound artists; bio; book/CD; article
Leticia Castaneda (USA) – electronics; Improv, Elec
Jessica Catron (USA) – cello; Improv, PoMo, Contempo; also interpreter of works by others; bio
Ana Cervantes (USA/Mexico) – piano; not a composer, but specializes in repertoire by contemporary Latin American women composers.
Wendy Mae Chambers (USA, 1953) – piano, toy piano; PoMo, Contempo; special focus on composing for large ensembles of like instruments, invented the Car Horn Organ.
Maria Chavez (Peru/USA, 1980) – turntables; Improv, Elec; bio & links
Ching-Wen Chao (Taiwan, 1973) – piano, electronics; focus on computer music.
Audrey Chen (USA) – cello, voice; Improv
Chin-Chin Chen (Taiwan/USA, 1964) – Contempo, Elec; bio
Mary Ellen Childs (USA, 1957) – Contempo, PoMo
Jennifer Choi (USA) – violin; Improv; also performs classical and contemporary repertoire
Ellen Christi (USA) – voice, piano; Improv, PoMo; bio & CD
Martina Cizek (Austria, 1959) – saxophone, flute, voice; Improv, Elec, PoMo; bio (in German)
Rebecca Clarke (UK/USA, 1886-1979) – viola; Improv, 20c; article
Anna Clyne (UK/USA, 1980) – PoMo, Elec
Maile Colbert (USA, 1978) – electronics, found sounds, field recordings; PoMO, Elec, Improv, Sound Art; MySpace page
Merlin Coleman (USA) – cello, voice; PoMo, Elec, Sound Art; music/theater, sound installations, etc.
Alice Coltrane (USA, 1937-2007) – harp, piano; Improv, Hybrid; historically associated with free jazz in small and large ensembles, also involved with Hindu devotional music.
Abbie Conant (USA/Germany, 1955) – trombone; Contempo, PoMo, Improv, Elec; also well-known interpreter, commissioning many works for trombone + computer.
India Cooke (USA) – violin; Improv, PoMo; bio + CD
Lindsay Cooper (UK, 1951) – oboe, bassoon; Improv, PoMo; was a member of Henry Cow, Art Bears, and co-founder of Feminist Improvising Group (FIG), also composes for films and theater; long bio, short bio
Viv Corringham (UK/USA) – voice, field recordings; Improv, Elec; extended vocal techniques, known especially for her recorded “vocal walks”; article + clips on Minnesota Public Radio.
Eleanor Cory (USA, 1943) – Contempo
Sylvie Courvoisier (Switzerland/USA, 1968) – piano; PoMo, Contempo, Improv
Ruth Crawford Seeger (USA; 1901-1953) – 20c; article; Nonsequitur co-produced a CD of her piano musicSarah Cahill.
Marilyn Crispell (USA, 1947) – piano; Improv; great free improviser in a post-Cecil Taylor style.
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Tacita Dean (Britain)
Lesli Dalaba (USA) – trumpet; Improv, PoMo; bio, CD; Nonsequitur released an excerpt from Core Sample on the Aerial #3 compilation.
Moniek Darge (Belgium, 1952) – violin; Improv, Elec, Sound Art; improviser and composer, also makes sound sculptures, installations, and radio art.
Sheila Davies (USA) – Sound Art, Text; experimental writer and radio artist; bio + clips, essay; Nonsequitur released What Is the Matter in Amy Glennon? on the Radius: Volume 1 compilation.
Sydney Davis (USA) – Elec, PoMo; Nonsequitur released Star Axis on the Aerial #5 compilation.
Anne Deane (USA, 1963) – Elec, Contempo; specializes in computer and electroacoustic music; bio, bio + CD
Caterina De Re (Australia/USA) – voice; Improv, Elec, Sound Art; multi-media, video, performative meditation; bio
Amy Denio (USA, 1961) – saxophone, accordion, guitar, bass, voice; Improv, PoMo; extremely eclectic multi-instrumentalist, composer and improviser.
Christi Denton (USA, 1976) – Elec; focus on electronic & computer music.
Delia Derbyshire (UK, 1937-2001) – Elec.; early pioneer of electronic music (Dr. Who television series).
Lauri Des Marais (USA) – voice, electronics; Improv, Elec, Sound Art, Text
Margaret de Wys (USA) – voice; PoMod, Elec; bio, more bio + CD
Violeta Dinescu (Romania/Germany, 1953) – Contempo; bio
Lucia Dlugoszewski (1931 or 1934-2000) – 20c; composed often for modern dance, developed the “timbre piano”; article, obit, tribute
Barbara Donald (USA, 1942) – trumpet; Improv; great post-Bop/free jazz trumpeter; bio + discography
Kui Dong (China/USA, 1967) – piano; Contempo, Elec, Hybrid,; bio + clips
Katie Down (USA) – flute, ukulele, etc.; PoMo, Improv, Sound Art; music for dance, theater, film, also Sephardic music.
Chantal Dumas (Canada, 1959) – Sound Art, Text, Elec; experimental writer and radio artist; bio, CD; Nonsequitur released Le Spectacle des Habile(i)tés on the Radius: Volume 3 compilation.
Judy Dunaway (USA) – guitar, balloons; PoMo, Improv
Frances Dyson (Australia/USA) – Sound Art, Text, Elec; writer, theorist, and radio artist; bio
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Jewlia Eisenberg (USA) – voice, bass; PoMo, Improv
Bushra El-Turk (UK, 1982) - cello, piano; Contempo
Marti Epstein (USA, 1959) – Contempo; bio
Irina Escalante (Cuba, 1977) – Elec, Contempo; focus on electroacoustic music; CV, bio
Helena Espvall (Sweden/USA) - cello, guitar, voice; Improv; also on MySpace
Judith Exley (USA) – Contempo; CD (scroll down to find it)
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Elizabeth Falconer (USA, 1956) – koto; Hybrid, Improv
Thea Farhadian (USA) – violin; Elec, Sound Art, Hybrid, Improv; also video and intermedia performance.
Janet Feder (USA) – guitar, voice; PoMo, Improv; specializes in compositions for prepared concert guitar.
Beatriz Ferreyra (Argentina/France, 1937) – Elec, Contempo; focus on electroacoustic music; bio, CDs
Vivian Fine (USA; 1913-2000) – piano; 20c; bio & scores
Jennifer Fowler (Australia/UK, 1939) – Contempo, Elec
Gabriela Lena Frank (USA) – piano; Contempo; bio, bio + scores
Ellen Fullman (USA, 1957) – PoMo, Elec.; has developed and composes for her Long String Instrument, also music for dance; Nonsequitur released Staggered Stasis on the Aerial #3 compilation.
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Diamanda Galas (USA, 1955) – voice, piano, electronics; PoMo, Elec, Improv; extreme extended vocal techniques with live processing, music-theater spectacles on political themes, early work as a free improviser.
Alexandra Gardner (USA, 1967) – PoMo, Elec.
Weba Garretson (USA) – voice; PoMo, Text
Carol Genetti (USA) – voice; Improv
Janice Giteck (USA, 1946) – Contempo; bio + CD + scores
Peggy Glanville-Hicks (Australia, 1912-1990) – 20c; bio
S. Lyn Goeringer (USA) – theremin, computer; Elec, PoMo, Sound Art.
Barbara Golden (Canada/USA) – PoMo, Elec, Text, Sound Art; bio + CDs, review
Lori Goldston (USA) – cello; Improv, PoMod, Hybrid; improvisation, soundtracks, music for dance & theater, co-founder of Black Cat Orchestra, also plays with various rock stars.
Annie Gosfield (USA, 1960) – sampler, keyboards; PoMo, Improv; focus on samples of detuned piano and industrial sounds and chamber works.
Gunda Gottschalk (Germany, 1969) – violin, viola; PoMo, Improv
Helena Gough (UK, 1980) - violin, etc.; Elec, Sound Art, Installation
Lene Grenager (Norway) - cello; Contempo, Improv; also conducts and is a member of Norwegian all-female improv group SPUNK
Beverly Grigsby (USA) – Elec
Rachel Grimes (USA) – piano; PoMo; co-founder of the ensemble Rachel’s (not named after her)
Christine Groult (France) – Elec; focus on electroacoustic music; bio (in French), CD
Sofia Gubaidulina (Russia/Germany, 1931) – Contempo; bio, scores, etc., article
Anne Guthrie (USA, 1983) – French horn; Elec, PoMo, Contempo, Improv
Edith Guttierez (USA, 1914) – Contempo; bio
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Donna Hewitt (Australian)
Ann Hamilton (American)
Rachel Haynes (Australia)
Christine Hume (and Jason Nelson)
Mei Han (China/Canada, 1961) – zheng; Hybrid, Improv, PoMo; new, improvised and traditional music for Chinese zither.
Camilla Hannan (Australia, 1968) – Elec; sampled and processed field recordings, installations using sound and light.
Sue Ann Harkey (USA/UK) – guitar, voice; Improv, PoMo; Nonsequitur released In This the Year of the Snake on the Aerial #2 compilation.
Emily Hay (USA) – flute, voice, electronics; Improv, PoMo, Elec.
Sorrel Hays (USA) – piano; Contempo, PoMo, Sound Art
Abby Helasdottir, aka “Gydja” (New Zealand) – Elec; focus on heavily processed field recordings
Barbara Held (USA/Spain) – flute; Contempo, PoMo; also virtuoso interpreter of experimental works for flute by other composers, often with interactive visual elements.
Mara Helmuth (Germany/USA) – Elec; focus on computer music; bio
Jane Henry (USA) – violin, electronics; Improv, Elec; PoMo, Contempo; focus on electronic extension of acoustic violin.
Katt Hernandez (USA, 1974) – violin; Improv
Rosi Hertlein (Germany/USA) – violin, voice; Improv, PoMo; bio
Jennifer Higdon (USA, 1962) – flute; Contempo
Shoko Hikage (Japan/USA) – koto; Improv, PoMo, Hybrid; new music for Japanese koto.
Joyce Hinterding (Australia) – Sound Art; intermedia/sound installations with focus on atmospheric/radio frequency sound; CD, interview
Rozalie Hirs (Netherlands) – piano, voice; Contempo, Elec
Shelly Hirsch (USA, 1952) – voice; Improv, PoMo, Sound Art; extended vocal techniques, improvisation, radio art.
Robin Holcomb (USA, 1954) – piano, voice; Contempo, Improv, PoMo; co-founder of New York Composers Orchestra, also known as a songwriter.
Anna Homler (USA) – voice, toys; Improv, PoMo; extended vocal techniques and invented language and electronic processing, performance/installation artist; Nonsequitur released Sirens on the Aerial #4
Sungji Hong (Korea/UK, 1973) – Contempo, Elec.
Sarah Hopkins (Australia, 1958) – cello, voice, whirlies; Post, Improv, Hybrid; Nonsequitur released Cello Chi (for singing cellist) on AC/DC/VC by electronic cellist Jeffrey Krieger.
Eleanor Hovda (USA, 1940) – Contempo
Charlotte Hug (UK/Switzerland, 1965) – viola, electronics, voice; Improv, PoMo, Elec, Sound Art
Melissa Hui (Hong Kong/Canada/USA, 1966) – Contempo, PoMo, Hybrid; bio + clips
Celeste Hutchins (USA, 1976) – Elec; focus on electronic & computer music.
Brenda Hutchinson (USA, 1953) – PoMo, Elec, Improv, Sound Art; new instruments, radio art, installations; Nonsequitur released EEEYAH! on the Aerial #4 compilation.
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Susie Ibarra (USA) – percussion; Improv, PoMo
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Catherine Jauniaux (Belgium) – voice; Improv, PoMo; extended vocal techniques; CD
Betsy Jolas (France, 1926) – piano, organ, conductor; Contempo
Elsa Justel (Argentina/France, 1944) – Contempo, Elec; focus on electroacoustic music; bio, bio + CDs; Nonsequitur released Fy Mor on the Desde el Otro Lado: Electroacoustic Music from Latin America
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Laura Kaminski (USA, 1956) – Contempo; bio
Eunsu Kang (Korea/USA) – Elec; interactive multimedia installations
Ying-Chen Kao (Taiwan/USA, 1981) – piano; Contempo; also on MySpace
Vitezslava Kapralova (Czech Rep., 1914-1940) – 20c
Terri Kapsalis (USA) – violin, voice; Improv, Text, Sound Art; experimental writer, theater, installations; bio, CD
Lisa Karrer (USA, 1957) – voice, gamelan; PoMo, Hybrid; extended vocal techniques and multimedia performance works.
Zoë Keating (Canada/UK/USA) – cello, electronics; PoMod, Improv; solo cello with live processing, was also in the “cello rock band” Rasputina.
Kathy Kennedy (Canada) – voice; Elec, PoMo, Sound Art, Text; radio art, choral music, interactive computer work; Nonsequitur released Taking Steps on the Radius: Volume 3 compilation.
Elise Kermani (USA, 1960) – voice; Elec, PoMo, Improv, Text; extended vocal techniques and sound poetry with live electronic processing; bio + CDs; Nonsequitur released Spiral on the Aerial #4 compilation.
Carla Kihlstedt (USA) – violin; PoMo, Improv, Contempo; also a member of the Tin Hat Trio, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, and 2 Foot Yard.
Jin Hi Kim (Korea/USA, 1957) – komungo; Improv, PoMo, Hybrid; contemporary music for Korean zither (acoustic + electronic); Nonsequitur released her Komunguitar CD (duos with guitarists) and Komungo Permutations on the Aerial #2 compilation.
Judy Klein (USA) – Elec, PoMo; focus on computer and electroacoustic music; article, CD (scroll down to find it).
Meri von KleinSmid (USA) – Elec, PoMo
Amy Knoles (USA) – percussion; PoMo, Contempo, Elec; bio; interactive percussion-controlled electronics, also interpreter and member of California EAR Unit.
Alison Knowles (USA, 1933) – PoMo, Sound Art, Text; intermedia artist associated with John Cage and Fluxus, makes sound pieces for radio and performance; Nonsequitur released Frijoles Canyon and the text appears in this book.
Barbara Kolb (USA, 1939) – Contempo; bio
Susie Kozawa (USA) – Sound Art, Improv; installations, new instruments, found objects; article
Caroline Kraabel (USA/UK, 1961) – saxophone; Improv, PoMo; CD with her 20-woman sax ensemble, Mass Producers (scroll down to find it)
Annette Krebs (Germany, 1967) – guitar, electronics; Improv; bio + interview
Christina Kubisch (Germany, 1948) flute, electronics – Sound Art, Elec, PoMo; architectural sound and light installations; interview, CD
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Lina Lapelyte
Annea Lockwood (NZealand)
Joan LaBarbara (USA, 1947) – voice; Contempo, PoMo, Elec; pioneer of extended vocal techniques, interactive electronics, also virtuoso interpreter of avant garde vocal works.
Anne La Berge (USA/Holland, 1955) – flute, electronics; Contempo, PoMo, Elec, Improv; focus on flute with interactive electronic processing; bio + CD, interview
Bun-Ching Lam (China/USA, 1954) – piano, conductor; Contempo, PoMo, Hybrid; composes for Western and Eastern instruments, sometimes combined.
Cat Lamb (USA) – viola; Contempo, PoMo.
Esther Lamneck (USA) – clarinet, tárogató (Hungarian woodwind inst.); Contempo, PoMo, Hybrid; also interpreter of contemporary works for clarinet.
Vanessa Lann (USA/Netherlands, 1968) – Contempo.
Ana Lara (Mexico, 1959) – Contempo; bio
Libby Larsen (USA, 1950) – Contempo
Elodie Lauten (France/USA, 1950) keyboards, electronics – PoMo, Contempo, Elec; Nonsequitur released Music for the Trine on the Aerial #4 compilation.
Mary Jane Leach (USA, 1949) – Contempo, PoMo; Nonsequitur released Xantippe’s Rebuke on the Aerial #6 compilation.
Joëlle Léandre (France, 1951) – contrabass; Improv, Contempo; also virtuoso interpreter of avant garde works for contrabass, especially Cage & Scelsi; bio, discography, & clips
Anne LeBaron (USA, 1953) – harp; Improv, PoMo, Contempo, Elec.
Carolyn Lechusza (USA) - cello, electric cello, alto violin; Improv, Contempo
Jeanne Lee (USA, 1939-2000) - voice; Improv; great free jazz vocalist; tribute page, obit
Okkyung Lee (Korea/USA) - cello, electric cello; Improv, PoMo; also on MySpace
Gina Leishman (UK/USA) – woodwinds, accordion, pinao, voice; PoMo, Improv; co-founder of Kamikaze Ground Crew
Tania León (Cuba/USA, 1943) – Contempo, Hybrid; also a conductor; profile
Liza Lim (Australia, 1966) – Contempo, Sound Art; bio, CD
Mei-Fang Lin (Taiwan/USA, 1973) – piano, electronics; Elec, Contempo; focus on computer music, also interpreter of contemporary piano works; bio
Annea Lockwood (New Zealand/USA, 1939) – Contempo, PoMo, Elec, Sound Art; Nonsequitur released Thousand Year Dreaming, The Glass World, and Nautilus on the Aerial #2 compilation. More bios & CDs here, here, and here.
Jessica Lurie (USA) – saxophones; Improv, PoMo
Perri Lynch (USA) – Sound Art, Improv; visual artist who uses sound in her installations and improvises with field recordings.
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Morrisa Maltz
Charlotte Moorman
Tracie Morris (NY)
Sachiko M (Japan) – electronics; Elec., Improv; ultra-minimal music for sine waves; CD
Annie Mahtani (UK, 1981) – Elec., Sound Art
Ursula Mamlok (Germany/USA, 1928) – Contempo; bio
Bunita Marcus (USA, 1952) – Contempo, Elec.
Miya Masaoka (USA, 1958) – koto, electronics; PoMo, Improv, Elec, Hybrid, Sound Art
Kaffe Matthews (UK, 1961) – violin, electronics; Improv, Elec.
Bérangère Maximin (France) – Elec.
Melissa "Missy" Mazzoli (USA, 1980) – keyboards; PoMo, Improv, Elec.
Andra McCartney (UK/Canada, 1955) – Sound Art; installations, radio art; bio & CD
Priscilla McLean (USA, 1942) – Elec.; early electronic music pioneer; bio & CD
Myra Melford (USA, 1957) – piano, harmonium; Improv, PoMo; Nonsequitur released Three Interludes (with Marion Brandis) on the Aerial #3 compilation.
Ava Mendoza (USA) – guitar; Improv, PoMo
Brigitte Meyer (Switzerland, 1954) – cello; Improv; bio
Helena Michelson (Russia/Latvia/USA) - piano; Contempo
Ann Millikan (USA) - piano, voice; Contempo, PoMo, Hybrid; compositions strongly influenced by jazz, African and Brazilian music.
Fatima Miranda (Spain) – solo voice; PoMo, Improv; extreme extended vocal techniques, sound poetry, performance art, music-theater, radio art, visual poetry, graphic scores, interactive multimedia performance
Helen Mirra (USA, 1970) – Sound Art; visual artist using sound as a major component in her installations; bio, CD
Meredith Monk (USA, 1942) – voice, piano; PoMo; pioneer of extended vocal techniques, choreographer, theater artist, film maker; CDs on ECM, other CDs
Barbara Monk Feldman (Canada/USA, 1953) – Contempo; bio, scores
Martha Mooke (USA) – electric five-string viola; Contempo, Elec., Improv; can also be found here.
Beata Moon (USA) – piano; Contempo
Charlotte Moorman (USA, 1933-1991) – cello; PoMo, Contempo, Elec.; interpreter of avant garde cello works with electronics & video, associated with Fluxus and Nam June Paik; bio
Joyce Solomon Moorman (USA) – Contempo; bio, bio + CD, scores
Ikue Mori (Japan/USA, 1953) – percussion, electronics; Improv, Elec, PoMo; Nonsequitur released Death Praxis (with Tenko Ueno) – out of print but some tracks appear on the Mystery CD on Tzadik.
Zae Munn (USA, 1953) – Contempo; Nonsequitur released Interface on the Aerial #3 compilation.
Pippa Murphy (Scotland) – PoMo, Elec.
Thea Musgrave (Scotland/USA, 1928) – Contemporary sound artist
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Joanna Newsom
Kathrin Norman (Britain)… Sonus – The Space Between
Michelle Nagai (USA, 1974) – Sound Art, Elec.; radio art and acoustic ecology.
Sainkho Namtchylak (Tuva/Austria, 1957) – voice; Improv, Hybrid; extended vocal techniques coming out of traditional Tuvan throat singing; her own web site has vanished, but try these for info, bio, and MP3s
Candace Natvig (USA/Germany) – violin, voice; PoMo, Improv
Tari Nelson-Zagar (USA) – violin; Improv, PoMo, Contempo; bio
Amy X Neuburg (USA) – voice, electronics; PoMo, Contempo, Elec.; solo and chamber works, avant-garde cabaret drawing from a wide range of styles
Andrea Neumann (Germany, 1968) – piano, electronics; Improv, PoMo; plays piano innards with electronics; bio + discography, bio + CD
Yuko Nexus6 (Japan, 1964) – electronics; Elec.
Kristin Norderval (Norway/USA) – voice; Improv, PoMo, Contempo; also interpreter of contemporary vocal music by other composers.
Anne Norman (Australia, 1961) – shakuhachi, flute; PoMo, Contempo, Hybrid; also interpreter of music by other composers.
Katharine Norman (UK/Canada, 1960) – Elec, Contempo, Sound Art; also author of Sounding Art: Eight Literary Excursions Through Electronic Music (synopsis on her web site)
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Daphne Oram (British) electronic music pioneer
o.blaat (Keiko Uenishi) (Japan/USA) – Sound Art, Elec; also on MySpace
Jocy de Oliveira (Brazil, 1936) – Contempo, PoMo, Elec; interview
Pauline Oliveros (USA, 1932) – accordion, electronics; Contempo, PoMo, Elec, Improv; pioneer of early electronic music; Nonsequitur released Troglodyte's Delight by the Deep Listening Band.
Yoko Ono (Japan/USA, 1933) – voice, etc.; Improv, PoMo; conceptual/intermedia artist associated with John Cage, Fluxus, 1960s avant garde; extensive bio
Cecilie Ore (Norway, 1954) – piano; Contempo; bio etc.
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Catherine Pancake (USA) – percussion; Improv, Sound Art; also makes films; bio
Elizabeth Panzer (USA) – harp; PoMo, Improv, Elec.; CD & bio
Graciela Paraskevaidis (Argentina/Uruguay, 1940) – Contempo; bio, CD & bio
Hilda Paredes (Mexico/UK, 1957) – Contempo, Hybrid; new music and vocal music includes the Mayan and other indigenous languages from Mexico; CD
Andrea Parkins (USA) – accordion, piano, electronics; Improv, PoMo, Elec., Sound Art.
Zeena Parkins (USA, 1959) – harp, keyboards, accordion; PoMo, Improv
Maggi Payne (USA, 1945) – Elec, PoMo, Sound Art; bio & CDs, longer bio
Annette Peacock (USA, 1941) – piano, voice, electronics; Improv, PoMo; early use of synthesizers for live improvisation and vocal processing, also known as a jazz player and songwriter; fan site [her own web site has very little info]
Sarah Peebles (USA/Canada, 1964) – shô, electronics; Elec, PoMo, Improv, Sound Art; Nonsequitur released Kai (Revolving Life) on the Aerial #5 compilation.
Liz Phillips (USA, 1951) – Elect, Sound Art; pioneer of interactive sound installations.
Elizabeth Pizer (USA, 1954) – Contempo
Andrea Polli (USA) – Sound Art; digital media artist working with sonification of weather patterns and climate change.
Jocelyn Pook (UK, 1960) – Contempo, PoMo; especially known for film scores.
Jeannie Gayle Pool (USA, 1951) – Contempo
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Tara Rodgers (Pink Noises)
Jodie Rose (Singing Bridge)
Pippilotti Rist (American)
Tara Rodgers (Pink Noises)
Eliane Radigue (France, 1932) – Elec.; focus on analog synthesizers and pure tones; bio, discography, & clips, CDs here and here; interview
Nicole Randall (Germany/USA, 1977) – flute; Contempo
Maja Ratkje (Norway, 1973) – voice, electronics; PoMo, Contempo, Improv, Elec
Susan Rawcliffe (USA) – flute, ocarina, didjeridu, etc.; Hybrid, PoMo; builds and performs with handmade ceramic flutes, ocarinas, whistles, and other instruments based on pre-Columbian designs.
Dana Reason (Canada/USA) – piano; Improv, Post
Wendy Reid (USA, b.?) – Contempo, Elec.; bio, scores
Patricia Ann Repar (Canada/USA) – Contempo, Elec.
Belinda Reynolds (USA, 1967) – Contempo, PoMo, Elec, Hybrid; bio + clips
Jane Rigler (USA, 1966) – flute; Contempo, Elec, Improv; other web site here
Mary Lee Roberts (USA, 1964) – Elec.; CD (scroll down to find it)
Tara Rodgers (aka Analog Tara) (Canada/USA) – piano, electronics; Elec, Sound Art; also, writer and maintains the Pink Noises web site, about women who are DJs, electronic musicians, and sound artists.
Marcella Rodriguez (Mexico, 1951) – Contempo; bio
Jodi Rose (Australia) – Sound Art; known for her Singing Bridges project, making field recordings of bridges around the world
Marina Rosenfeld (USA, 1968) – electronics; PoMo, Elec., Improv, Sound Art; plays turntables using records of her own sounds, also installations and large ensembles of women players; bio
Leslie Ross (USA) – bassoon, instrument builder; PoMo, Improv
Vanessa Rossetto (USA) – viola, violin, cello, electronics; PoMo, Elec, Improv, Sound Art
Anna Rubin (USA) – Contempo, Elec; bio, CD
Vivian Adelberg Rudow (USA, 1936) – Contempo
Katharina von Rütte (Switzerland, 1960) – voice; Improv, Post; bio
Jessica Rylan (UK/USA, 1974) – home-built analog synthesizers; Elec, Sound Art
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Catherine Sullivan (American) performance/film
Kaija Saariaho (Finland/France, 1952) – Contempo, Elec; bio & CDs; Nonsequitur released Petals (for electronic cello) on AC/DC/VC by cellist Jeffrey Krieger.
Makiko Sakurai (Japan) – voice, piano; PoMo, Hybrid; specializes in Shomyo-style Buddhist chant and gagaku, adapted to her own music and collaborations with other composers; also performs piano works by others; article
Luz María Sanchez (Mexico/USA, 1971) - Sound Art; installations using sound and light
Sawako (Japan/USA) - Elec, Sound Art
Carla Scaletti (USA) - harp, electronics; Elec., also a music/sound software designer
Margrit Schenker (Switzerland, 1954) – voice, accordion; bio
Margo Schulter (USA, 1950) – Elec, Improv, Hybrid; focus on medieval European and Near Eastern musics, various intonation systems; music files (original and historical pieces), articles on medieval harmony, tuning and polyphony.
Joan Schuman (USA) – Sound Art, Text; radio/installation artist & writer
Irene Schweitzer (Switzerland, 1941) – piano, drums; Improv; bio, clips, etc.
Christine Sehnaoui (Lebanon/France, 1978) – saxophone; Improv; bio
Alex Shapiro (USA, 1962) – Contempo, Elec.
Judith Shatin (USA, 1949) – flute; Contempo, Elec; also installation, multimedia, and film music
Alice Shields (USA, 1943) – electronics, voice; Elec, Contempo; early electronic music pioneer, focus on electronic opera.
Hazel Smith (UK/Australia, 1950) – Text, Sound Art; experimental writer and sound poet who also makes radio and text-based electroacoustic works. An online audio artwork is here
LaDonna Smith (USA) – voilin, viola, voice; Improv, Elec, PoMo; pioneer of free improvisation; interview; Nonsequitur released Green Song (duet with guitarist Davey Williams as Trans Duo) on the
Aerial #2 compilation.
Juliana Snapper (USA) – voice; intermedia musical theater performance
Thembi Soddell (Australia) – sampler; Elec; works mainly with sampled and processed field recordings
Lisa Sokolov (USA, 1954) – voice; Improv, PoMo; extended vocal techniques
Laetitia Sonami (France/USA, 1957) – Elec, Text, Sound Art; focus on interactive electronics; CD
Christine Southworth (USA, 1978) – cello, gamelan, electronics; PoMo, Sound Art, Hybrid
Bernadette Speach (USA, 1948) – piano, organ; Contempo, PoMo; bio + CD and scores
Laurie Spiegel (USA, 1945) – electronics, banjo, lute; Elec; pioneer of computer music, software designer; bio + CD
Karen Stackpole (USA) – percussion; Improv; specializes in music for gongs and cymbals; bio
Steina (Iceland/USA, 1940) – violin, electronics; Elec; pioneering video artist who often uses MIDI violin to control video images.
Susan Stone (USA) – Sound Art, Text; radio artist and producer; bio
Molly Sturges (USA) – voice; PoMo, Improv; extended vocal techniques
Kathleen Supové (USA) – piano, keyboards; PoMo, Contempo, Elec; also interprets music by other composers
Kotoka Suzuki (Japan/USA) – PoMo, Contempo, Elec; electroacoustic, audio-visual installations, music for film and dance, instrumental/ensemble works
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Jo Truman (Australia)
http://www.kunstradio.at/BIOS/trumanbio.html
Helen Thorington (America)
Lori Talley (USA) – cello, electronics, gamelan; Text, PoMo, Elec, Sound Art; installations & media art focusing on language and interactivity
Karen Tanaka (Japan, 1961) – Contempo, Elec; bio + links
Anne Tardos (France/USA, 1943) – Text, Sound Art; experimental poet associated with Fluxus, also makes works for radio and text-based musical scores; bio + links
Augusta Read Thomas (USA, 1964) – Contempo
Karen P. Thomas (USA, 1957) – voice; specializes in contemporary choral music.
Diane Thome (USA, 1942) – Contempo, Elec
Helen Thorington (USA) – Sound Art, Elec, Text, PoMo; focus on radio and web art; Nonsequitur released In the Dark on the
Aerial #6 compilation, and Partial Perceptions on the Radius Vol. 2 compilation.
Ushio Torikai (Japan/USA, 1952) – violin, piano, shamisen, koto; PoMo, Elec, Improv; bio, profile
Joan Tower (USA, 1938) – Contempo; bio, bio + scores, interview
Tui St. George Tucker (USA; 1924-2004) – recorder; 20c; focus on microtonality; bio/obit
Tenko Ueno (Japan) – voice; Improv, Post; bio; Nonsequitur released Death Praxis (with Ikue Mori), which is out of print but some tracks appear on their Mystery CD on Tzadik.
Frances-Marie Uitti (USA/Netherlands) – cello; Contempo, Improv; renowned for developing technique of playing with two bows simultaneously; also virtuoso interpreter of works by other composers; bio + CDs
Nancy Van de Vate (USA/Austria, 1930) – Contempo; bio + CD
Cynthie van Eijden (Netherlands, 1970) – Contempo; bio (in Dutch) + scores
Lois V. Vierk (USA, 1951) – PoMo, Contempo; bios here and here, CDs
Kira Vollman (USA) – voice, clarinet, etc.; Improv, PoMo; half of the duo Non Credo
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Hsiao-Lan Wang (Taiwan/USA) – Contempo, Elec, also a conductor specializing in contemporary music
Liz Was, aka Lyx Ish (USA; 1956-2004) – voice, misc.; Improv, Sound Art, Text; intermedia artist who made instruments from gourds and was strongly involved in experimental poetics; obit, more info, writings; Nonsequitur released Burial Song by Floating Concrete Octopus on the Aerial #1 compilation.
Patty Waters (USA, 1946) - voice, piano; Improv; experimental vocals in a jazz ballad context
Tamara Weikel (USA, 1975) - voice, turntables, etc.; Elec, Improv, PoMo; also a well-known DJ
Lauren Weinger (USA) – Elec, Sound Art; site specific sound installations; bio, CD, clips
Judith Weir (UK, 1954) – Contempo; opera and chamber music; bio, bio + clips
Nusch Werchowska (France, 1965) - piano, electronics; Improv, Contempo
Hildegard Westerkamp (Germany/Canada, 1946) – Elec, Sound Art; electroacoustic music and acoustic ecology; Nonsequitur released Cricket Voice on the Aerial #2 compilation, and Türen der Wahrnehmung on the Radius: Volume 4 compilation.
Frances White (USA, 1960) – shakuhachi; Elec; Nonsequitur released Walk Through Resonant Landscape #2 on the Aerial #6 compilation.
Emily Williams (Australia) – cello, voice, electronics; Elec, PoMo
Willow Williamson (USA) – keyboards, electronics; Elec, PoMo
Stevie Wishart (Australia/Europe) – violin, hurdy gurdy; Improv, Elec, PoMo, Sound Art; also well known as an Early Music specialist; bio, bio + CDs; Nonsequitur released Changing the Subject by Machine for Making Sense on the Aerial #5 compilation.
Julia Wolfe (USA, 1958) – Contempo, PoMo; co-founder of Bang on a Can Festival and BoC All-Stars; CD
Wu Fei (China/USA, 1977) – guzheng, voice, piano; Contempo, PoMo, Hybrid, Improv; composes for Western and Eastern instruments; also on MySpace
Sam Taylor Wood (American)
Charlotte White
Claudia Wegener
Hildegard Westerkamp (German)
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Xu Fengxia (China/Germany, 1963) – guzheng, guqin, sanxian, liuqin; Improv, Hybrid; in addition to free improvisation, performs traditional and contemporary Chinese music.
Carolyn Yarnell (USA, 1961) – Contempo; bio + clips, CD
Ming-Hsiu Yen (Taiwan/USA, 1980) - Contempo; bio
Chen Yi (China/USA, 1953) – Contempo; bio, interview
Gayle Young (Canada, 1950) – Contempo, PoMo, Elec, Sound Art; microtonal, new instruments, sound sculpture, Editor of Musicworks Magazine; bio
Miki Yui (Japan/Germany, 1971) – Sound Art
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Pamela Z (USA, 1956) – voice, electronics; Elec, PoMo, Improv, Sound Art; bio + CDs
Mia Zabelka (Austria, 1963) – violin, electronics; PoMo, Elec, Sound Art; bio, CD
Judith Lang Zaimont (USA, 1945) – Contempo
Lidia Zielinska (Poland, 1953) – Contempo, PoMo, Elec, Sound Art; bio
Mariolina Zitta (Italy) – percussion, voice; focus on music for stalactites, tuned stones, and other natural objects.
Ellen Zweig (USA, 1947) – Sound Art, Text; experimental writer, film/video, sound installations
Ellen Zwillich (USA, 1939) – Contempo; bio + scores + CDs
compilation. on the on the New Albion label performed by compilation. compilation CD, released by OO Discs.
Thanks to ::
Nonsequitur’s Women Composers and Sound Artists Links
Nicole Randall (Germany/USA, 1977) – flute; Contempo
Maja Ratkje (Norway, 1973) – voice, electronics; PoMo, Contempo, Improv, Elec
Susan Rawcliffe (USA) – flute, ocarina, didjeridu, etc.; Hybrid, PoMo; builds and performs with handmade ceramic flutes, ocarinas, whistles, and other instruments based on pre-Columbian designs.
Dana Reason (Canada/USA) – piano; Improv, Post
Wendy Reid (USA, b.?) – Contempo, Elec.; bio, scores
Patricia Ann Repar (Canada/USA) – Contempo, Elec.
Belinda Reynolds (USA, 1967) – Contempo, PoMo, Elec, Hybrid; bio + clips
Jane Rigler (USA, 1966) – flute; Contempo, Elec, Improv; other web site here
Mary Lee Roberts (USA, 1964) – Elec.; CD (scroll down to find it)
Tara Rodgers (aka Analog Tara) (Canada/USA) – piano, electronics; Elec, Sound Art; also, writer and maintains the Pink Noises web site, about women who are DJs, electronic musicians, and sound artists.
Marcella Rodriguez (Mexico, 1951) – Contempo; bio
Jodi Rose (Australia) – Sound Art; known for her Singing Bridges project, making field recordings of bridges around the world
Marina Rosenfeld (USA, 1968) – electronics; PoMo, Elec., Improv, Sound Art; plays turntables using records of her own sounds, also installations and large ensembles of women players; bio
Leslie Ross (USA) – bassoon, instrument builder; PoMo, Improv
Vanessa Rossetto (USA) – viola, violin, cello, electronics; PoMo, Elec, Improv, Sound Art
Anna Rubin (USA) – Contempo, Elec; bio, CD
Vivian Adelberg Rudow (USA, 1936) – Contempo
Katharina von Rütte (Switzerland, 1960) – voice; Improv, Post; bio
Jessica Rylan (UK/USA, 1974) – home-built analog synthesizers; Elec, Sound Art
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Catherine Sullivan (American) performance/film
Kaija Saariaho (Finland/France, 1952) – Contempo, Elec; bio & CDs; Nonsequitur released Petals (for electronic cello) on AC/DC/VC by cellist Jeffrey Krieger.
Makiko Sakurai (Japan) – voice, piano; PoMo, Hybrid; specializes in Shomyo-style Buddhist chant and gagaku, adapted to her own music and collaborations with other composers; also performs piano works by others; article
Luz María Sanchez (Mexico/USA, 1971) - Sound Art; installations using sound and light
Sawako (Japan/USA) - Elec, Sound Art
Carla Scaletti (USA) - harp, electronics; Elec., also a music/sound software designer
Margrit Schenker (Switzerland, 1954) – voice, accordion; bio
Margo Schulter (USA, 1950) – Elec, Improv, Hybrid; focus on medieval European and Near Eastern musics, various intonation systems; music files (original and historical pieces), articles on medieval harmony, tuning and polyphony.
Joan Schuman (USA) – Sound Art, Text; radio/installation artist & writer
Irene Schweitzer (Switzerland, 1941) – piano, drums; Improv; bio, clips, etc.
Christine Sehnaoui (Lebanon/France, 1978) – saxophone; Improv; bio
Alex Shapiro (USA, 1962) – Contempo, Elec.
Judith Shatin (USA, 1949) – flute; Contempo, Elec; also installation, multimedia, and film music
Alice Shields (USA, 1943) – electronics, voice; Elec, Contempo; early electronic music pioneer, focus on electronic opera.
Hazel Smith (UK/Australia, 1950) – Text, Sound Art; experimental writer and sound poet who also makes radio and text-based electroacoustic works. An online audio artwork is here
LaDonna Smith (USA) – voilin, viola, voice; Improv, Elec, PoMo; pioneer of free improvisation; interview; Nonsequitur released Green Song (duet with guitarist Davey Williams as Trans Duo) on the
Aerial #2 compilation.
Juliana Snapper (USA) – voice; intermedia musical theater performance
Thembi Soddell (Australia) – sampler; Elec; works mainly with sampled and processed field recordings
Lisa Sokolov (USA, 1954) – voice; Improv, PoMo; extended vocal techniques
Laetitia Sonami (France/USA, 1957) – Elec, Text, Sound Art; focus on interactive electronics; CD
Christine Southworth (USA, 1978) – cello, gamelan, electronics; PoMo, Sound Art, Hybrid
Bernadette Speach (USA, 1948) – piano, organ; Contempo, PoMo; bio + CD and scores
Laurie Spiegel (USA, 1945) – electronics, banjo, lute; Elec; pioneer of computer music, software designer; bio + CD
Karen Stackpole (USA) – percussion; Improv; specializes in music for gongs and cymbals; bio
Steina (Iceland/USA, 1940) – violin, electronics; Elec; pioneering video artist who often uses MIDI violin to control video images.
Susan Stone (USA) – Sound Art, Text; radio artist and producer; bio
Molly Sturges (USA) – voice; PoMo, Improv; extended vocal techniques
Kathleen Supové (USA) – piano, keyboards; PoMo, Contempo, Elec; also interprets music by other composers
Kotoka Suzuki (Japan/USA) – PoMo, Contempo, Elec; electroacoustic, audio-visual installations, music for film and dance, instrumental/ensemble works
Jo Truman (Australia)
http://www.kunstradio.at/BIOS/trumanbio.html
Helen Thorington (America)
Lori Talley (USA) – cello, electronics, gamelan; Text, PoMo, Elec, Sound Art; installations & media art focusing on language and interactivity
Karen Tanaka (Japan, 1961) – Contempo, Elec; bio + links
Anne Tardos (France/USA, 1943) – Text, Sound Art; experimental poet associated with Fluxus, also makes works for radio and text-based musical scores; bio + links
Augusta Read Thomas (USA, 1964) – Contempo
Karen P. Thomas (USA, 1957) – voice; specializes in contemporary choral music.
Diane Thome (USA, 1942) – Contempo, Elec
Helen Thorington (USA) – Sound Art, Elec, Text, PoMo; focus on radio and web art; Nonsequitur released In the Dark on the
Aerial #6 compilation, and Partial Perceptions on the Radius Vol. 2 compilation.
Ushio Torikai (Japan/USA, 1952) – violin, piano, shamisen, koto; PoMo, Elec, Improv; bio, profile
Joan Tower (USA, 1938) – Contempo; bio, bio + scores, interview
Tui St. George Tucker (USA; 1924-2004) – recorder; 20c; focus on microtonality; bio/obit
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Tenko Ueno (Japan) – voice; Improv, Post; bio; Nonsequitur released Death Praxis (with Ikue Mori), which is out of print but some tracks appear on their Mystery CD on Tzadik.
Frances-Marie Uitti (USA/Netherlands) – cello; Contempo, Improv; renowned for developing technique of playing with two bows simultaneously; also virtuoso interpreter of works by other composers; bio + CDs
Nancy Van de Vate (USA/Austria, 1930) – Contempo; bio + CD
Cynthie van Eijden (Netherlands, 1970) – Contempo; bio (in Dutch) + scores
Lois V. Vierk (USA, 1951) – PoMo, Contempo; bios here and here, CDs
Kira Vollman (USA) – voice, clarinet, etc.; Improv, PoMo; half of the duo Non Credo
WWWWWWWWWW
Hsiao-Lan Wang (Taiwan/USA) – Contempo, Elec, also a conductor specializing in contemporary music
Liz Was, aka Lyx Ish (USA; 1956-2004) – voice, misc.; Improv, Sound Art, Text; intermedia artist who made instruments from gourds and was strongly involved in experimental poetics; obit, more info, writings; Nonsequitur released Burial Song by Floating Concrete Octopus on the Aerial #1 compilation.
Patty Waters (USA, 1946) - voice, piano; Improv; experimental vocals in a jazz ballad context
Tamara Weikel (USA, 1975) - voice, turntables, etc.; Elec, Improv, PoMo; also a well-known DJ
Lauren Weinger (USA) – Elec, Sound Art; site specific sound installations; bio, CD, clips
Judith Weir (UK, 1954) – Contempo; opera and chamber music; bio, bio + clips
Nusch Werchowska (France, 1965) - piano, electronics; Improv, Contempo
Hildegard Westerkamp (Germany/Canada, 1946) – Elec, Sound Art; electroacoustic music and acoustic ecology; Nonsequitur released Cricket Voice on the Aerial #2 compilation, and Türen der Wahrnehmung on the Radius: Volume 4 compilation.
Frances White (USA, 1960) – shakuhachi; Elec; Nonsequitur released Walk Through Resonant Landscape #2 on the Aerial #6 compilation.
Emily Williams (Australia) – cello, voice, electronics; Elec, PoMo
Willow Williamson (USA) – keyboards, electronics; Elec, PoMo
Stevie Wishart (Australia/Europe) – violin, hurdy gurdy; Improv, Elec, PoMo, Sound Art; also well known as an Early Music specialist; bio, bio + CDs; Nonsequitur released Changing the Subject by Machine for Making Sense on the Aerial #5 compilation.
Julia Wolfe (USA, 1958) – Contempo, PoMo; co-founder of Bang on a Can Festival and BoC All-Stars; CD
Wu Fei (China/USA, 1977) – guzheng, voice, piano; Contempo, PoMo, Hybrid, Improv; composes for Western and Eastern instruments; also on MySpace
Sam Taylor Wood (American)
Charlotte White
Hildegard Westerkamp (German)
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Xu Fengxia (China/Germany, 1963) – guzheng, guqin, sanxian, liuqin; Improv, Hybrid; in addition to free improvisation, performs traditional and contemporary Chinese music.
Carolyn Yarnell (USA, 1961) – Contempo; bio + clips, CD
Ming-Hsiu Yen (Taiwan/USA, 1980) - Contempo; bio
Chen Yi (China/USA, 1953) – Contempo; bio, interview
Gayle Young (Canada, 1950) – Contempo, PoMo, Elec, Sound Art; microtonal, new instruments, sound sculpture, Editor of Musicworks Magazine; bio
Miki Yui (Japan/Germany, 1971) – Sound Art
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Pamela Z (USA, 1956) – voice, electronics; Elec, PoMo, Improv, Sound Art; bio + CDs
Mia Zabelka (Austria, 1963) – violin, electronics; PoMo, Elec, Sound Art; bio, CD
Judith Lang Zaimont (USA, 1945) – Contempo
Lidia Zielinska (Poland, 1953) – Contempo, PoMo, Elec, Sound Art; bio
Mariolina Zitta (Italy) – percussion, voice; focus on music for stalactites, tuned stones, and other natural objects.
Ellen Zweig (USA, 1947) – Sound Art, Text; experimental writer, film/video, sound installations
Ellen Zwillich (USA, 1939) – Contempo; bio + scores + CDs
compilation. on the on the New Albion label performed by compilation. compilation CD, released by OO Discs.
Thanks to ::
Nonsequitur’s Women Composers and Sound Artists Links
