Oliveros to perform in residence next spring

Musicianship, improvisation and strategies to attract listeners’ attention will be at the forefront of an interdisciplinary residency at the university.

Composer, performer and humanitarian Pauline Oliveros will be in residence next semester; however, she also will be in Madison Sept. 29-Oct. 1 to hold auditions for “Io and Her and the Trouble with Him,” a one-act dance-opera to be performed at UW–Madison next April.

Oliveros will be looking for actors, signers and dancers, as well as technical crew. She will give UW–Madison students priority in assignments. While in Madison this fall she also will deliver a free public lecture, “Quantum Listening: What Sound Changes Your Mind?” Sept. 29, 3:30 p.m., Morphy Hall, Humanities Building, 455 N. Park St.

Audition dates will be Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. For times and locations, contact Sarah Schaffer by Wednesday, Sept. 27, at (608) 263-9222; slschaffer@facstaff.wisc.edu.

“Io” will be performed April 13 at the Wisconsin Union Theater. In addition to serving as the music director for “Io,” Oliveros also will teach a course on collaboration during the spring semester. For more information on the class, contact Susan Cook, (608) 263-4926; sccook@facstaff.wisc.edu.

Oliveros will be the UW–Madison Arts Institute Interdisciplinary Artist in Residence during the spring, sponsored by the School of Music, Department of Art, Dance Program and Women’s Studies Program. This fall, the institute is hosting renowned theatrical director Clifton Turner Davis, who will direct the University Theatre production of Lorraine Hansberry’s “Raisin in the Sun,” Nov. 10-12.