Celeste Oram

Celeste stands on a chair hanging a microphone in a gallery with classic oil paintings. Photo by Marco Giugliarelli for Civitella Ranieri Foundation

Celeste Oram is a composer and musician who grew up Pākehā in Tāmaki Makaurau and now lives in Manhattan, New York with her partner Keir and sometimes a foster cat. Her recent work spans instrumental & vocal music for concerts, polyphonic songs, experimental music-theatre, music for dance, and radiophonic work. She did undergraduate studies in music (among other things) at the University of Auckland and then a PhD in music composition at the University of California San Diego.

Photo by Marco Giugliarelli for Civitella Ranieri Foundation

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THREE RADIO SONGS

Three pieces by Celeste Oram that build on her research into the sonic behaviours of radio feedback, and the socio-historical entanglements of the human voice.
Accompanied with an essay from Celeste.