184 - Interview with Joan La Barbara

Joan speaks about her journey into singing, new music and
composing. She worked with fellow musicians John Cage Morton
Feldman, Robert Ashley, Alvin Lucier, David Behrman, Steve Reich,
Philip Glass and her husband, Morton Subotnick and talks about her
experiences developing pieces with these composers who wrote for
her unique abilities, concepts and specialized techniques. She
talks about composing, writing and specific aspects of the human
voice and how she found her own means of expressing her inner
thoughts and ideas.