BARBARA, Joan La
Name:
BARBARA, Joan La (b. 1947)
Musical genre:
Vocal Music/Art Songs
Country of birth:
United States
Country of location:
United States
Notes:
Joan Linda Lotz La Barbara (born June 8, 1947) 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 (singing two or more pitches simultaneously).
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