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Joan La Barbara

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American singer and composer (born 1947)

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Joan Linda Lotz La Barbara is an American vocalist and composer known for her explorations of non-conventional or "extended" vocal techniques.

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2004Guggenheim Fellowship

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Joan Linda Lotz La Barbara is an American vocalist and composer known for her explorations of non-conventional or "extended" vocal techniques. Considered to be a vocal virtuoso in the field of contemporary music, she is credited with advancing a new vocabulary of vocal sounds including trills, whispers, cries, sighs, inhaled tones, and multiphonics.

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United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
living
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Born 1947 · age 79
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