E-Mail: Oliveros.Pauline@oberlin.edu Office: Bibbins 202 Office Phone: 440/775-6297 Address: 77 W. College St. Oberlin, OH 44074 Visit also: • Pauline Oliveros, Professor of Composition, to Send Music to the Moon Again, Sept 4, 1999 • Con Portrait: Pauline Oliveros • Pauline Oliveros, Professor of Composition, Talks About Deep Listening • From The Roots of the Moment (book with CD) Back to: Division of Composition		Pauline Oliveros Professor of Composition In March 1999, professor of composition Pauline Oliveros received the SEAMUS99 Award for Lifetime Achievement. (SEAMUS is the acronym for the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States, and recipients are recognized for quality and artistic production.) When Oliveros was unable to accept the award in person because she was recording in the King's Tomb in the Great Pryamid, Oliveros asked her former student Brenda Hutchinson to accept the award in her absence. On April 14, Hutchinson presented the award to Oliveros at Oberlin, when, as guest artist, she worked with Composition Seminar students who performed her piece, How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? (for five pianos and DC players). Education: B.A. cum laude, San Francisco State College, 1957; honorary D.M.A., University of Maryland, 1986. Awards, Grants and Fellowships: Received awards, grants and fellowships from ASCAP, National Endowment for the Arts, Foundation for Contemporary Performance, and American Music Center. Professional Affiliations: Founder/president/co-artistic director, Pauline Oliveros Foundation, Inc. Residencies at Northwestern University, Mills College and Alfred University. Consultant, Herb Alpert Awards, Meet the Composer commissions, New York Foundation for the Arts fellowships, and Pew Charitable Trusts fellowships. Commissions: Commissions include Berkshire Music Festival, American Accordion Association, Lincoln Center, Tanz Ensemble Basle (Switzerland), Brooklyn Academy of Music, Walker Art Center, Yellow Springs Institute, New American Radio, Susan Marshall Dance Company, Pebble Music and Westdeuscherundfunk. Publications, Recordings: Numerous publications of scores, books, CDs and tapes. Recordings on Eiglestein, Ars Nova, Odyssey, Nonesuch, Deep Listening and New Albion labels.