Joy Guidry

The Kitchen, New York City

The Kitchen presents bassoonist and composer Joy Guidry in a concert evening featuring new works recently commissioned by Guidry by composers Jessie Cox, Lisa E. Harris, and Olivia Shortt, as well as Guidry's own compositions. While these musical offerings represent a range of musical idioms and methodologies–from improvisation and graphic scores to multimedia and gospel, the uniting principle for Guidry is a focus on the importance of affirmation, validation, and self-care. Drawing inspiration from the work of Sonya Renee Taylor who has defined radical self-love as “its own entity, a lush and verdant island offering safe harbor for self-esteem and self-confidence," Guidry states, “Much of my music-making right now is keenly focused on a radical reimagining of spaces, sonic and communal. At the center of imagination is radical self-care: creating a world for yourself that allows the expansion of other worlds.” The concert features Joy Guidry on bassoon, theremin, voice, electronics, and video; and Jessie Cox on drums.

Organized by Matthew Lyons, Curator.

Jessie Cox, Form Content Negotiations

Lisa E. Harris, Joy meets light

Olivia Shortt, She exists in several different time zones at once

Joy Guidry, 2:19 am

Joy Guidry, Maudry Richard Davis

Joy Guidry, Inner child

Joy Guidry, Just because I have dick doesn't mean I’m a man

Joy Guidry, Grace

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