Joan La Barbara |

"Ms. La Barbara, a riveting stage presence."

Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times

"From the outset La Barbara has been a daringly original and accomplished composer as well as a phenomenal vocalist."

Review of “The Early Immersive Music of Joan La Barbara” Julian Cowley, The Wire

"When Joan performs solo, she creates her own world of music and sound. It's like magic. She's pretty much the Houdini of new music."

Richard Kessler, Dewey 21C

"Joan La Barbara - a legendary composer and vocalist who can sing in two or more pitches simultaneously..."

Fashion Magazine on RBMA

"She's like the queen of vocal experimentation".

David Toop, The Wire

“Ms. La Barbara, a riveting stage presence.”

– Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times

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Joan La Barbara’s career as a composer, performer, soundartist, and actor explores the human voice as a multi-faceted instrument expanding traditional boundaries in developing a unique vocabulary of experimental and extended vocal techniques: multiphonics, circular singing, ululation and glottal clicks that have become her “signature sounds, influencing several generations of composers and singers.