A New Kind of POP Music

Judy Dunaway, also known as “The Mother of Balloon Music,” is an experimental composer, conceptual artist, social activist, and noise enthusiast. She has created over thirty works using latex balloons as her instrument of choice!

One of my favorite pieces, “Surabaya,” can be heard below:


More balloon music

Through POPPING, squeezing, and rubbing, Judy has carved quite a strange niche for herself in the music world. She has performed alongside string quartets and has released an album entitled “Mother of Balloon Music.”

Judy Dunaway

4 Responses to “A New Kind of POP Music”

  1. s. borges says:

    I was lucky enough to catch Dunaway’s performance at the Licoln Centre Summer Festival in 1995 - the only performance that I attended that the musician popped her instrument as a grand finale!

  2. Casey says:

    Really need to get some audio on this, it sounds great, but I want to see exactly what she’s doing

  3. tyler says:

    You mean video? I’d like to see that.

  4. Emma Reed says:

    She’s on You Tube

    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eUoLIQR4Rg4

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