Comments on: Women and Electronic Music: It’s Not Just Dudes

By: Sonic Surgery

Sonic Surgery — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:01:58 +0000

Johanna M. Beyer 1938!!! First female composer to score for electronic devices!!!
Daphne Oram-Director of the BBC Radio Workshop. Inventor of
Oramics Machine.
Laurie Spegiel-Worked with Max Mathews at Bell Laboratories
Bebe Baron-Co-Composer of the first electronic Film Score
Anne Dudley-Artist, composer, arranger, Film Score Artist, Producer
Diane Thome-First women to get a Ph. D. in Composition from Princeton!

Pioneers All!!!!
Patrice Devincentis
Digital Audio Engineer
Member of the Corp of Female Electronic Artists!!!!

By: Guest

Guest — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:58:34 +0000

Suzanne was a sound designer in NYC in the the 80’s and 90’s Her web presence is at http://www.sevwave.com

By: Guest

Guest — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 09:30:56 +0000

How about the very gothic and enchanting Hypnotique -like Clara Rockmore, also a thereminist?
http://www.hypnotique.net

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:26:41 +0000

Bebe Baron - she and her husband had one of the early electronic music studios, and did the score for “forbidden planet”

Pauline Oliveros - was and continues to be a pioneering composer of electronic music.

Laurie Speigel - worked on synths in the 70s and explored fractal music.She has some cool software.

Annea Lockwood - another pioneering composer.

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 08:13:19 +0000

Clara Rockmore!

By: admin

admin — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:18:52 +0000

Absolutely, on all three counts. And the BBC Radiophonic Workshop was really a hotbed — not only Delia Derbyshire, but Daphne Oram, too.

Good story on Oram at (where else) the BBC.

Another of my teachers, Thea Musgrave, hung around the BBC Radiophonic Workshop regularly. I don’t think she produced much there, though, other than a radio play she did once. She was always fascinated by electronic music production, but was mystified by it — I probably would have been, too, I have to admit, had I grown up decades earlier!

Peter

By: Guest

Guest — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 22:00:15 +0000

Wendy Carlos - Bach + Moog = Art

Delia Derbyshire Dr Who Theme! [amongst many others] doo da doo da doo…

Laurie Anderson [Is she really married to Lou Reed? Who would have thunk it!]

By: Guest

Guest — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:22:23 +0000

eliane radigue was (and is) a huge influence on my approach to sound. in particular, her intense, minimalist drone works “adnos I-III” and “trilogie de la mort”. i love the fact that she has created almost all of her work for the past three decades on a single arp synth. highly recommended.

-j.drouin.