Amy X Neuburg is an American

United States

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 composer, vocalist, and electronic musician.

She holds a B.M. degree in voice from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Oberlin Conservatory of Music

The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, located on the campus of Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, was founded in 1865 and is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. Students of Oberlin Conservatory enter a very broad network within the music world, as the school's alumni...

, a B.A. in linguistics from Oberlin College

Oberlin College

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, and an M.F.A. in electronic music from Mills College

Mills College

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, where she studied with Pauline Oliveros

Pauline Oliveros

Pauline Oliveros is an American accordionist and composer who is a central figure in the development of post-war electronic art music....

 and David Rosenboom

David Rosenboom

David Rosenboom is an American composer and a pioneer in the use of neurofeedback, cross-cultural collaborations and compositional algorithms...

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Her solo works combine her singing and speaking voice with electronic loops and samples triggered with electronic drums. Her multi-layered compositions incorporate musical styles including opera

Opera

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, rock, Medieval music

Medieval music

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, and world music. For ten years she led the experimental band Amy X Neuburg & Men.

Neuburg lives in Oakland

Oakland, California

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, California

California

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Listening

• Amy X Neuburg performs Six Little Stains for solo voice and electronics (2002) at the Other Minds 9 festival, Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, San Francisco, March 6, 2003
• Pirates and Emperors, featuring Neuburg as narrator