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Bill Dietz is a composer and writer, born in Arizona. His work on genealogies of reception and the "political aesthetics of listening" is often presented in festivals, museums, and academic journals, but also in apartment buildings, magazines, and on public streets. Alongside his artistic work, he has served as artistic director of Ensemble Zwischentöne (2006-2014) and of Overtoon - Platform for Sound Practitioners (2022-2025). He has published two books of listening scores: one on his Tutorial Diversions series, for home performance (Eight Tutorial Diversions, 2009–2014, 2015); and the other, made up of “concert pieces,” based on historical and contemporary audience behavior (L’école de la claque, 2017). In 2013, he co-founded Ear│Wave│Event with Woody Sullender. With Amy Cimini, he co-edited Maryanne Amacher: Selected Writings and Interviews (2020), and he is co-author, with Kerstin Stakemeier, of Universal Receptivity (2021). He has been co-chair Bard MFA's Music/Sound discipline since 2012.