“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” -Hannah Arendt, Origins of Totalitarianism

Tonight, I had one of my proudest moments as a parent: before going to bed, my two-year-old daughter Irene specifically requested that I sing “Joe Hill” three full times before I left.

The first fictional story about illegal deportations that comes to mind is Sweeney Todd—and that didn’t turn out so well for Judge Turpin. Just saying.

Union members flanking Paul Robeson in Peekskill, New York, 1949. Happy May Day!

We are delighted to announce a call for proposals for our inaugural Deep Listening Residency & Commission!

Inviting artists and sonic practitioners to propose site-specific works that engage our campus community in Oliveros’ practices of sonic awareness:
www.deeplistening.rpi.edu/programs/cam...

Today my music theory students suggested that we should rename the Picardy 3rd the “American 3rd” and the French +6 chord the “American +6” chord 😂

In October of last year, I had the pleasure of visiting the University of Illinois for talks and a performance of my piece “stutter-step the concept.” I had a nice chat with Victor Zheng about the piece and about the collaboration.