Sharon Ann Cheslow[1] (born October 5, 1961) is an American musician, composer, artist, writer, photographer, educator, and archivist.
Anthology on Music and Family, Cheslow wrote that her maternal great-grandmother emigrated from Kolomea (in present-day Ukraine) and had a professional violinist father.
[8] Cheslow attended University of Maryland and first learned about feminist theory through film studies classes with Robert Kolker.
[4][11] In the 1990s she was in indie rock bands Suture (with Dug E. Bird of Beefeater and Kathleen Hanna), Red Eye (with Tim Green of Nation of Ulysses), and The Electrolettes (with Julianna Bright, later of The Quails).
[11][18][19] Cheslow's experiences with riot grrrl, while in Suture during 1991–92, inspired her to compile a list of women involved in punk that recorded from 1975 to 1980.
It's in rock 'n' roll, it's in jazz, it's in blues, it's in experimental and avant-garde classical music; in every one of these genres, women's history is lost.
#4 which featured writings contributed by Pauline Oliveros, Maggi Payne, Nicole Panter, Public Works, Niko Wenner (of Oxbow), Marc Kate (of I Am Spoonbender), Allison Wolfe, and others.
Anthology on Music and Family in 2008, with contributions by Cynthia Connolly, Pauline Oliveros, Ian MacKaye, Alan Licht, Jean Smith, Anna Oxygen, Bill Berkson, Kevin Mattson, Liz Allbee, Matthew Wascovich, Erika Anderson, Janet Sarbanes, and Sara Wintz.
In 2000, she participated in the first Ladyfest in Olympia with her composition Geodessy for Guitars (for Yasunao Tone), collaborating with sisters Wendy Yao and Amy Yao from Emily's Sassy Lime in the experimental sound installation performance art Coterie Exchange project, during an art exhibit curated by Audrey Marrs.
Since then she has collaborated with Weasel Walter, Liz Allbee, Neil Young (Fat Worm of Error), Christina Carter (Charalambides), and Elisa Ambrogio (Magik Markers).
[5] In L.A. her collaborators have included David Scott Stone, Anna Oxygen, Steve Kim (Silver Daggers), and Julia Holter.
Multiple, random sets of three performers were instructed to represent themselves through sound in order to facilitate participatory, collaborative action.
Sonic Triptych first premiered in San Francisco in 2002 with nine women, including Blevin Blectum and members of Erase Errata.
[5] Chalk Circle Bloody Mannequin Orchestra Suture Red Eye Electroletes Solo, Coterie Exchange, Collaborations