@article{intel:/content/journals/10.1386/jivs.2.1.67_1, author = "Bell, Gelsey and Oliveros, Pauline", title = "Tracing voice through the career of a musical pioneer: A conversation with Pauline Oliveros", journal= "Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies", year = "2017", volume = "2", number = "1", pages = "67-78", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1386/jivs.2.1.67_1", url = "https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/jivs.2.1.67_1", publisher = "Intellect", issn = "2057-035X", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "Deep Listening", keywords = "breath", keywords = "experimental music", keywords = "singing", keywords = "Sonic Meditations", keywords = "Pauline Oliveros", keywords = "accordion", abstract = "Abstract In this conversation from 2014, composer Pauline Oliveros, one of the most important figures in American experimental music, provides insight into her relationship with the voice and when in her career it was most pivotal for her compositional development. Oliveros touches on her 1961 choral piece Sound Patterns, her Sonic Meditations, the works she performed for voice and accordion in the 1970s and 1980s, Deep Listening, and the late operas that she made with her partner, vocalist and poet Ione.", }