Maryanne Amacher

Maryanne Amacher ( born February 25, 1938 in Kane, Pennsylvania, † October 22, 2009 in Kingston, New York) was an American composer and improviser.

Life

Amacher received his first musical training in Philadelphia and later in Austria and England. From 1962 to 1964 she studied with George Rochberg and Karlheinz Stockhausen at the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree. She then worked in the field of acoustics and computer science at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign.

In 1967 she created the piece City Links: Buffalo, which lasts 28 hours, at the 5 microphones are placed in various parts of the city; it was broadcast live by radio station WBFO. Even later pieces deal with the acoustics of places and architectural buildings.

Amacher was also a member of Musica Elettronica Viva improvisation ensembles. She has worked with David Behrman, Scott Fisher, Mark Trayle, Frederic Rzewski and Alvin Curran. She has worked as a composer- performer and sound installation in the field or Ars Acustica. In 1986 she was a guest of the DAAD artist program in Berlin. She taught at Bard College.

In 2005 she was awarded the Prix Ars Electronica in the Digital Musics category for their project TEO! A sonic sculpture.