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Alice Shields (born in 1943) is a respected American composer , pupil of masters of the electronic music as Otto Luening and Vladimir Ussachevsky. She composed this piece as part of her opera Shaman. The composer writes about this piece: "The piece Coyote is the prelude to Shaman, which is about American Indian shamanism. Coyote represents a shaman turning himself into a Coyote and back to human form again. It is made from transformations of the composer's voice, coyote calls, male chorus and electronic sounds , and was made at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center in New York ". Alice Shields (nacida en 1943 en Nueva York ) es una respetada compositora estadounidense, alumna de grandes maestros de la música electrónica académica como Vladimir Ussachevsky y Otto Luening. Compuso esta pieza como parte de su ópera Shaman. Sobre la misma, shields escribe: "La pieza Coyote es un preludio de Shaman, que se trata del chamanismo de los indígenas ame...

Call for proposals: scores, performances, papers,  panels, lecture-recitals The IAWM 20 th -Anniversary Congress 2015, online  13-19 April 2015 Women in Music Connect the World http://college.wfu.edu/iawm/ call-for-participation/ The International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) and Wake Forest University are pleased to announce the IAWM Congress 2015 April 13-19, on the occasion of the 20 th  anniversary of the Alliance. The Congress will be conducted entirely online. The theme of the congress is “Women in Music Connect the World.” The seven-day online congress will be freely accessible to all with events available following a 24-hour GMT clock. Featured will be established and upcoming women professional and student composers, musicologists, music theorists, ethnomusicologists, educators, performers, and conductors who will contribute their knowledge and expertise in performances, papers, workshops, demonstrations, and panel discussions. Women in ...

Cover of Kaija Saariaho Since our move to Buffalo, NY, life has busy. Check out the latest on music articles, 60x60  and opera production details  for Libertaria: The Virtual Opera. Through Her Eyes: The Composer's Voice A brief overview of prominent composers like Pulitzer-Prize Winner Jennifer Higdon and Australia's Kaija Saariaho , famous for her musical contribution to the Sidney Olympics Opening Ceremony, as well as a short outline of my musical output for International Women's Day. The article includes interesting multimedia links and videos to works by Chen Yi , Alice Shields , and other prominent women in music.  Vox Novus 60x60 As an active member of Vox Novus , a group of composers and musicians who promote new music, I had the opportunity to create an animation for the 60x60 Presenter's Mix and coordinate the 2012 60x60 Athena Mix. I wrote an interesting article about the 60x60 project, and specifically about the Athena Mix for International...