Live @ LOW END | Molly Joyce

In-person reservations are required. This event will take place indoors with limited capacity. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative COVID-19 test + face coverings are required. Read more about our COVID Safety Policy at bemiscenter.org/visit.

The performance will also stream live at twitch.tv/bemiscenter and facebook.com/bemiscenter. Twitch account not required.

Molly Joyce, Bemis Center’s Spring 2022 Sound Artist-in-Residence, was recently deemed one of the “most versatile, prolific and intriguing composers working under the vast new-music dome” by The Washington Post. Her music has additionally been described as “serene power” (New York Times), written to “superb effect” (The Wire), and “unwavering” and “enveloping” (Vulture). Her work is concerned with disability as a creative source. She has an impaired left hand from a previous car accident, and the primary vehicle in her pursuit is her electric vintage toy organ, an instrument she bought on eBay which engages her disability on a compositional and performative level.

Molly’s creative projects have been presented and commissioned by Carnegie Hall, TEDxMidAtlantic, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Bang on a Can Marathon, Danspace Project, Americans for the Arts, National Sawdust, Gaudeamus Muziekweek, National Gallery of Art, Classical:NEXT, and in Pitchfork, Red Bull Radio, and WNYC’s New Sounds. Her compositional works have been commissioned and performed by ensembles including the Vermont, New World, New York Youth, Pittsburgh, Albany, and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestras.

Molly is a graduate of Juilliard, Royal Conservatory in The Hague, Yale, alumnus of the YoungArts Foundation. She holds an Advanced Certificate in Disability Studies from City University of New York, and currently serves on the composition faculty of New York University Steinhardt and Wagner College. mollyjoyce.com

Image: Molly Joyce; Photo by Shervin Lainez; Courtesy of the artist.