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- Birth nameJoan Linda La Barbara
- Joan La Barbara was born on June 8, 1947 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Alien: Resurrection (1997), Capio (2025) and Chasing Taste (2013). She is married to Morton Subotnick. They have three children.
- SpouseMorton Subotnick(? - present) (3 children)
- Avant-garde vocalist and composer who studied under legendary soprano Helen Boatwright. She has collaborated with her husband, electronic composer Morton Subotnick, and also such noted talent as John Cage, Phillip Glass, and Peter Gordon.
- Vocalist and composer known for her explorations of non-conventional or "extended" vocal techniques. Considered to be a vocal virtuoso in the field of contemporary music, she is credited with advancing a new vocabulary of vocal sounds including trills, whispers, cries, sighs, inhaled tones, and multiphonics (singing two or more pitches simultaneously).
- Guest instructor at HB Studio.
- Studied with Phyllis Curtin at Tanglewood/Berkshire Music School.
- Founded Wizard Records in 1976.
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