Pauline Oliveros R.I.P.

[Tom 1960]

I sort of remember a few folks here mentioning they were fans. A resident of my former hometown of Kingston, New York has passed. http://pitchfork.com/news/70047-pauline-oliveros-dead-at-84/

Edited November 26, 2016 by Tom 1960

[mjazzg]

Oh no, not another great musician leaving us. Such an important voice silenced. RIP

[T.D.]

RIP. Very sad and a surprise to me. Hadn't seen news reports, but Rod S. posted something on another thread last night.

1 hour ago, mjazzg said:

Oh no, not another great musician leaving us. Such an important voice silenced. RIP

 Agreed.

[Hardbopjazz]

RIP Pauline.

[clifford_thornton]

Wow. What a legacy. RIP.

[Tom 1960]

https://www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/story/pauline-oliveros-memorial-broadcast?platform=hootsuite

[T.D.]

23 hours ago, Tom 1960 said:

... A resident of my former hometown of Kingston, New York has passed. http://pitchfork.com/news/70047-pauline-oliveros-dead-at-84/

I recall there used to be occasional concerts at her "Deep Listening Space" in Kingston. I meant to go, but never did...not sure if there have been many recently.

[rostasi]

Pauline had always been nice to me whenever I saw her, but she was such a very stern woman -
which is kind of unexpected when you think about the music she introduced to many generations of listeners.

A funny story: when I was a young man around 11 or 12, I had already owned her work,
"I of IV" on the LP with Reich's "Come Out," but the piece that really made me kind of
"fall in love" with her was a piece for flute, string bass, and percussion called "Outline." 
At my young age, I was dreaming of meeting this composer with the lovely name "Pauline"
and had decided that she had to have been young and beautiful if she wrote such fantastic, 
creative music - ha! No, it didn't really make any sense ... and later finding out that her rather
"manly" looks were part of her lesbian proclivities - ha - oh man, I was soooooo surprised - ha!

She left us with some wonderful music - and I suppose that's really another bright side of creativity -
leaving memorable work for the ages and future generations to discover and enjoy.

[T.D.]

Tribute to Pauline Oliveros this Sunday (3/19) at City of Kingston.