KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Worldwide Music: An Interview with Joan La Barbara

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

WM.1976.02.26

Program Series

Worldwide Music

Program Length

63 min

Dates

1976-02-26 | broadcast
| 402 | created

Description

This program, recorded in 1976, begins with Charles Amirkhanian playing the first three musical selections simultaneously. After this stimulating experiment with multi-tasking, Charles interviews avant-garde vocalist Joan La Barbara about her work with extended vocal techniques. She describe the various methods she employs and then plays two of her own 1975 compositions, “WARP” and “Vocal Techniques”.

Genres

Electro-Acoustic / Electronic
Avant-garde

Musical Selections

Music in 5ths [excerpt] / Philip Glass & [excerpt from “Music in Sikkim”] & Aran [excerpt] / Christopher Hobbs [all three pieces played simultaneously] -- WARP (1975) / Joan La Barbara -- Vocal Extensions (1975) / Joan La Barbara -- Melody with Voice-Driven Electronics (1975) / David Behrman

Performers

Joan La Barbara, voice (WARP ; Vocal Extensions ; Voice-Driven)
Bruce Ditmas, percussion (WARP)

Subjects

Vocalises
Vocalises (Medium voice) with percussion
Vocalises (Medium voice) with electronics
Electronic music
Electro-acoustic
Avant-garde (Music)

Related places

Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

Amirkhanian, Charles
Glass, Philip
Hobbs, Christopher, 1950-
La Barbara, Joan, 1947-
Behrman, David