Alvin Lucier

Biography

Alvin Lucier (born May 14, 1931) is an American composer of experimental music and sound installations that explore acoustic phenomena and auditory perception. A long-time music professor at Wesleyan University, Lucier was a member of the influential Sonic Arts Union, which included Robert Ashley, David Behrman, and Gordon Mumma. Much of his work is influenced by science and explores the physical properties of sound itself: resonance of spaces, phase interference between closely tuned pitches, and the transmission of sound through physical media. (Source: Wikipedia)

Known For

Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley

as Self

A Tribute to John Cage

New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971

as Self

Cry Dr. Chicago

as Dr. Alvin Chicago

Dr. Chicago

as Dr. Alvin Chicago

Ride Dr. Chicago Ride

as Dr. Alvin Chicago

No Ideas But in Things - the composer Alvin Lucier

as Himself

I Am Sitting in a Room

as Himself