Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM
2220 Arts + Archives, Los Angeles
**Black Editions Presents** a night of Deep Listenig and the Music of **Pauline Oliveros** directed and performed by **Shelley Burgon** with Kathryn Shuman, Marta Tiesenga, Pauline Lay and Rachel Beetz. **Shelley Burgon** is a harpist, composer and sound installation artist who creates ambient and abstract music using graphic notation, indeterminacy, electronics and sound sculptures. She studied extensively with Oliveros at Mills College where she received an MFA in Electronic Music. Shelley’s chamber music has been recorded by the Ne(x)tworks ensemble featuring the vocalist Joan LaBarbara. Her most recent work The In Between for solo harp was released by Thin Wrist Recordings in July 2025. Shelley’s music has been commissioned for film, chamber ensembles and choreographers, ost notably by The Merce Cunningham Dance Company for their Hudson Valley Project at the Dia Beacon. As an ensemble member, Shelley is sought after for her vast experience as an interpreter of new-music and the classical avant-garde performing the works of Pauline Oliveros, John Cage, Butch Morris, Morton Subotnick, Cornelius Cardew and most recently performing with the Long Beach Opera and Wild Up. She has performed at institutions such as the Whitney Museum, MoMA, Walt Disney Concert Hall and Lincoln Center and has recorded harp for various artists ranging from Bjork to Anthony Braxton. She has recently released a duo record with the guitarist Fred Frith. At Mills Burgon studied with pioneering electronics musicians and composers such as Pauline Oliveros, Maggi Payne, Fred Frith, Alvin Curran and Maryanne Amacher. The New York Times has referred to her as a “new-music luminary” describing her performance of Earle Brown’s Four Systems as “mesmerizing.”