Brenda Hutchinson facts for kids

Brenda Hutchinson (circa 2003) in music is (Speaking Portraits) (Vol. I)

Brenda Hutchinson is an American composer and sound artist. She creates unique music and art by working with everyday people. Brenda encourages everyone to explore sounds, share their stories, and make music together.

She often uses recordings of these shared experiences to create her electroacoustic pieces. These pieces are like "sonic portraits" or "sound pictures" of people and situations.

Besides her work with the public, Brenda has also composed music for films, like Liquid Sky (1982). She has also invented her own musical instruments, such as the Giant Music Box and the Long Tube. Brenda is also an active performer and improviser.

Brenda studied music composition at the University of California, San Diego. She learned from famous composers like Pauline Oliveros. Her work has been shown in many places, including Lincoln Center in New York City and the Exploratorium in San Francisco.

Brenda's Music Recordings

This section lists some of the music Brenda Hutchinson has released. These are like albums or special recordings of her work.

• Liquid Sky (with Clive Smith), released in 1982.
• Interlude from Voices of Reason on TELLUS, The Audio Cassette Magazine, 1985.
• Slow Death on a Thorny Rose (with Gerald Lindahl) on TELLUS, The Audio Cassette Magazine, 1987.
• EEEYAH! on The Aerial: A Journal in Sound, 1989.
• Seldom Still, a cassette released by the Pauline Oliveros Foundation, 1989.
• Vanishing Act (with Constance DeJong) on Siteless Sounds, TELLUS #25, 1991.
• Long Tube Trio on Minimall, TELLUS #27, 1993.
• Family Album, VOYS, Pauline Oliveros Foundation, 1999.
• How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall?, available online since 2001.
• Turaluralura Lament, in Homo Sonorus: An International Anthology of Sound Poetry, 2001.
• (New) Violet Flame, available online since 2001.
• Long Tube-Solos and Duets, Pauline Oliveros Foundation, 2002.

Books and Articles by Brenda

Brenda Hutchinson has also written books and articles about her ideas on sound and music.

• Hutchinson, Brenda. “Was hat das mit Musikzu tun?” (This means "What does that have to do with music?" in German). This was part of a book remembering Pauline Oliveros in 2017.
• Hutchinson, Brenda. “Sound, Listening, and Public Engagement”. An online article from 2015 about how sound and listening connect with people.
• Hutchinson, Brenda. What Can You Do? reclaiming public space through direct engagement with strangers. A book from 2012 about interacting with people in public spaces.
• Hutchinson, Brenda. “Tiny Offerings”. This was included in the Deep Listening Anthology II in 2010.
• Hutchinson, Brenda. "Sound Initiated Drawing and Memory Impairment". An article from 2010 about how sound can help with drawing and memory.
• Hutchinson, Brenda. "Don't Stop the Music". An article published in the Exploratorium Quarterly in 1986.