Pieces for Pauline: a tribute to Pauline Oliveros

A half-day event exploring and promoting Pauline Oliveros’s ‘deep listening’ ideas through new works and improvisations, featuring Rhodri Davies and The Vocal Constructivists.

Concert 1 (doors open at 2pm – concert starts at 2.30) explores Pauline Oliveros’s approach to ‘deep listening’ with drone-based improvised music performed by Rhodri Davies, Phil Durrant, Bill Thompson and Mark Wastell.

The Deep Listening® workshop (4pm) will be led by Viv Corringham, who has worked with Oliveros and is certified to teach ‘deep listening’. This is open to musicians and non-musicians.

Concert 2 (doors open at 7:30pm – concert starts at 8.30) will feature pieces by Pauline Oliveros and a structured improvisation from the afternoon workshop. There will also be new pieces by Kerry Andrews, Deborah Edwards, Derek Foster, Janet Oates and Margrit Schenker. The concert will be performed by Rhodri Davies, The Vocal Constructivists and members of Contakt.