Newton Lauren1952

American avant-garde jazz and contemporary classical singer, and founding member of the Vienna Art Orchestra. Lauren Newton combines conventional technique with unconventional vocal sounds. Newton earned a degree in music at the University of Oregon. In 1974 she moved to Europe and continued her music studies at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart. In 1977 she joined the Vienna Art Orchestra, touring widely with the group until 1989. With Bobby McFerrin, Jeanne Lee, Urszula Dudziak and Jay Clayton she formed the Vocal Summit in 1982. She has taught at the Berlin University of the Arts, University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz in Austria, Folkwang Hochschule in Essen, Germany, and Musikhochschule Luzern in Lucerne, Switzerland. Her debut album, Timbre (1983), won a German Critics Award. During the next six years she collaborated with Austrian poet Ernst Jandl. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less