page_title: Pauline Oliveros
hierarchical_section_title: Pauline Oliveros
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of Pauline at a dinner/concert in Oakland
context_page_description: Pauline Oliveros was an American composer, accordionist and a central figure in the development of experimental and post-war electronic art music.
  She was a founding member of the San Francisco Tape Music Center in the 1960s, and served as its director. She taught music at Mills College, the University of California San Diego, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Oliveros authored books, formulated new music theories, and investigated new ways to focus attention on music including her concepts of "deep listening" and "sonic awareness". She was an Eyebeam resident.
context_section_description: Pauline Oliveros (May 30, 1932 – November 24, 2016) was an American composer, accordionist and a central figure in the development of experimental and post-war electronic art music.
  She was a founding member of the San Francisco Tape Music Center in the 1960s, and served as its director. She  taught music at Mills College, the University of California San Diego (UCSD), Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Oliveros  authored books, formulated new music theories, and investigated new ways to focus attention on music including her concepts of "deep listening" and "sonic awareness". She was an Eyebeam resident.
caption: Pauline Oliveros in Oakland, 2010
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