Shelley Hirsch was born in Brooklyn NY in 1952 and honed her skills at experimental theaters in San Francisco CA. Her first solo performances were in Berlin in the 1980s; from then on she worked with a variety of musicians, including Jon Rose, Elliott Sharp, and Christian Marclay. Her first record was released in 1988 in cooperation with David Weinstein; currently she is affiliated with Alvin Curran’s Philharmonia.