Susan Frykberg

Susan Frykberg (10 October 1954 – 7 April 2023) was a New Zealand author, electroacoustic composer, and sound artist. She also composed acoustic music in a variety of genres. Life Susan Frykberg was born in Hastings, New Zealand, and studied at the University of Canterbury and the University of Otago, studying under, among others, John Rimmer, Barry Vercoe, Barry Conyngham, and Iannis Xenakis. She moved to Canada in 1979 and worked as a freelance composer in Toronto until a move to Vancouver in 1986, to complete a master’s degree at Simon Fraser University with Barry Truax. She taught in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University for seven years. Frykberg was a long-time member of the Association of Canadian Women Composers, and helped to found both the World Forum of Acoustic Ecology and the Canadian Electroacoustic Community. She published a variety of papers on subjects related to electronic music, including computer music, and also wrote poetry. The Audio Birth Project The Audio Birth Project, a suite of four movements, was one of Frykberg’s most important projects. Funding was granted by the Canada Council, and revolved around concepts of giving birth and going int