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American composer and bassoonist (born 1995)
Joy Guidry
Background information
Born (1995-10-12) October 12, 1995 (age 29)
Houston
Genres
OccupationComposer
InstrumentBassoon
LabelsWhited Sepulchre Records
Websiteguidrybassoon.com
Musical artist

Joy Guidry (born October 12, 1995) is an American bassoonist and composer.

Early life

Guidry was born in Houston and first became interested in music through her exposure to gospel music at church.

Career

Guidry graduated from the Peabody Institute in 2018 with a bachelor's degree in bassoon performance, after which she participated in a fellowship at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. She earned a diploma from Mannes School of Music the following year.

In 2021, Guidry was awarded the Berlin Prize for Young Artists for her Radical Self-Love program. Her debut album, Radical Acceptance, was released in February 2022. That year, she served on a panel of curators to select projects from new artists to be recorded on the American Composers Forum innova Recordings label.

Guidry is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in music at University of California, San Diego. After touring with her dissertation project, AMEN, a recording of the work will be released in May 2024.

Compositions

Y'all don't wanna listen

In 2020, the National Sawdust Ensemble commissioned and premiered Y'all don't wanna listen, a work by Guidry for cello, alto flute, and violin.

A Prayer for Protection

A Prayer for Protection, a work for seven double basses, was commissioned by the New World Symphony for 2021–2022 BLUE project bass fellows.

This just don't make no sense

Guidry's "mini-opera" for soprano, double bass, and oboe, This just don't make sense was commissioned by the Long Beach Opera for a virtual performance by the ensemble in November 2020.

They know what they've done to us

Titled after a 1968 quote from activist Fannie Lou Hamer, They Know What They've Done To Us was commissioned by the I&I Foundation and premiered at the 2022 Lucerne Festival, where it was performed by trumpet player Aaron Akugbo and pianist Zeynep Özsuca.

Personal life

Guidry is Christian and identifies as queer. Her 2022 work Radical Acceptance explores her journey with bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected details
Title Details
Radical Acceptance
  • Released: February 4, 2022
  • Format: Digital download, vinyl
AMEN
  • Release: May 10, 2024
  • Format: Digital download, vinyl
  • Label: Whited Sepulchre Records

Singles

List of singles with selected details
Title Year Album
"Almost There" 2023 Non-album single
"Day By Day" 2023 AMEN

References

  1. n.a. "Home". Joy Guidry. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  2. n.a. "AMEN by Joy Guidry". Bandcamp. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  3. n.a. "Joy Guidry Wins 2021 Berlin Prize for Young Artists". The Peabody Post. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  4. ^ Guidry, Joy. "Discussing Diversity with Joy Guidry". Lucerne Festival. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  5. Alzuphar, Adolph. "A Momentous Bassoon". National Sawdust. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  6. n.a. "Violist Flora Marlene Geißelbrecht and bassoonist Joy Guidry win the 2021 Berlin Prize for Young Artists". Van Magazine. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  7. Hussey, Allison. "26 Great Records You May Have Missed: Winter 2022". Pitchfork. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  8. n.a. "Nine Projects Selected for innova Recordings' Second National Call". American Composers Forum. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  9. n.a. "Joy Guidry, bassoon – DMA Recital". UC San Diego Music. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  10. ^ Thomas, Sarah. "Finding Amen: Joy Guidry Speaks". Jazz Speaks. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  11. n.a. "NEW WORKS COMMISSION CONCERT: NATIONAL SAWDUST ENSEMBLE". I Care if You Listen.tv. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  12. n.a. "NWS Blue Project Annual Report 2021-22" (PDF). New World Symphony. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  13. Nockin, Maria. "Review: LONG BEACH OPERA'S SONGBOOK at Home Computer Screens". BroadwayWorld Los Angeles. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  14. n.a. "Diary". Aaron Akugbo. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  15. n.a. "Aaron Akugbo". Royal Academy of Music. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  16. Adolphe, Julian. "Joy Guidry: Transforming Trauma through the Creative Process". New Music USA. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
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