Annea Lockwood: From Burning Pianos to Immersive Sound[s]

Charlie Morrow interviews New Zealand-born American composer and academic musician who taught electronic music at Vassar College. She’s known for her explorations of natural acoustic sounds and environments, in works ranging from sound art and installations, through text-sound and performance art to concert music. She's recorded Fluxus-inspired pieces involving burning or drowning pianos. Her CDs include: Thousand Year Dreaming/Floating World, World Rhythms, A Sound Map of the Hudson River, Tiger Balm