FILM COMPOSER
2024, ‘Stax: Soulsville, USA’, directed by Jamila Wignot
HBO docu-series to premiere at SXSW
Winner of TV Premiere Audience Award at SXSW
Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction program
2023, ‘Benediction,’ directed by Zandashé Brown
Special Jury Mention at New Orleans Film Festival
2023, ‘Sol In The Garden’, directed by Emily Cohen Ibañez, Ph.D & Débora Souza Silva
Premiere at San Francisco International Film Festival
2022, ‘Making Black America’ directed by Shayla Harris & Stacey Holman
PBS mini-series hosted by Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.
2021, ‘The Trees Remember’ directed by Angela Tucker, film series for REI
Webby Award for Best Video Entertainment Series
2021, ‘The Neutral Ground’, directed by CJ Hunt
Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival
Broadcast nationally on PBS show POV in late 2021
Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Historical Documentary
2021, ‘Ailey’, directed by Jamila Wignot (*additional composer)
Premiere at Sundance Film Festival 2021
2020, ‘Sacred’, directed by Luisa Dantas
Premiere at New Orleans Film Festival
2018, ‘All Skinfolk Ain’t Kinfolk’, directed by Angela Tucker (*also credited as researcher)
Television broadcast premiere on PBS’ South Reel, 2020
2018, ‘Goddess House’, directed by Marion Hill
Winner of ‘Best Musical Score’ by 48Hour Film Project
2018, ‘BLOOD RUNS DOWN’, directed by Zandashé Brown
Nominated for ’Best Score’ from Women in Horror Film Festival
2017, ‘Nii Journal II’, directed by Campbell Addy
Premiere at Protein Studios, London, UK
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2024, Grantee, Opera Grant for Women Composers: Discovery Grant supported by The Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation, NYC, NY
2024, Residency, ‘Rogue Objects,’ Composer, Green Box Arts, Green Mountain Falls, CO
2023, Residency, ‘Them Handy Sisters,’ Co-Curator, Ace Hotel Artist in Residency, New Orleans, LA
2023, Residency, Composer, HERE Arts Center & American Museum of Natural History, New York City, New York
2023, Composer/Conductor debut, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, New Orleans, LA
2022, Co-Presenter, ‘Mémwa Nwa: Agency, Sound & Women in Afro-Creole Louisiana Folk Music,’ Imagining America Conference, New Orleans, LA
2022, Co-Author, ‘Mémwa Nwa: Agency, Sound & Women in Afro-Creole Louisiana Folk Music,’ scholarly essay, UNC Press Southern Cultures
2022, Residency, Sundance Fellows at UCross Foundation, UCross, Wyoming
2021, Nomination, Best Music Score, IDA Documentary Award, Los Angeles, CA
2021, Honoree, LA Phil, New generation of film composers with Kris Bowers, Los Angeles, CA
2021, Author, ‘Noise is the Nigga of Sound’, scholarly essay, e-flux journal
2021, Grantee, Reel Change: Fund for Diversity in Film Scoring, SESAC, Christophe Beck & New Music USA.
2021, Grantee, Sundance Institute Interdisciplinary Program, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
2020, ‘Bloodflow: Memory & The Racialization of Sound and Gender,’ Lecture at Tulane University
2020, Co-Founder, Alphabet Sound Observatory, audio engineer library for BIQPOC women
2020, Composer Fellow, Sundance Institute and Skywalker Sound, Film Music and Sound Design lab
2019, Community Partnership grant recipient with Les Cenelles, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, New Orleans, LA
2019, Composer Fellow, New Orleans Film Festival Music Initiative, New Orleans, LA
2019, Guest speaker, Cultivating Creative Agency: A Platform on Diversity in Art & Design, ALL CAPS, Rochester, NY
2019, Residency with Les Cenelles, A Studio in the Woods, New Orleans, LA
2018, ‘Bloodline: A Psychoanalysis of the Black Presence in Classical Music and its Relation to Memory’, presentation at ASAP/10 Conference, New Orleans, LA
2018, Performance, Afro-Future Society at The Urban, Art Basel, Miami, FL
2018, Nomination, Best Score ‘BLOOD RUNS DOWN’, Women in Horror Film Festival, Peachtree City, GA
2018, Winner of Best Score ‘Goddess House’, 48 Hour Film Project, New Orleans, LA
2018, Alumnus of Bass Camp, Red Bull Music Academy, Bonnaroo Music Festival, Memphis, TN
2017, Residency, The Embassy Studio, New Orleans, LA
2016, Residency, Ace Hotel, New Orleans, LA
2015, Residency, International House Hotel, New Orleans, LA
2007, Appeared in Rolling Stone Magazine, November 2007 issue
CONCERTMASTER
2018, ‘Les Lions de la Reconstruction’, Opera Creole, Marigny Opera House, New Orleans, LA
2017, ‘The Last Five Years’, Le Petit Theatre, New Orleans, LA
EDUCATION
2013, B.M. in Violin Performance, Syracuse University, Setnor School of Music, Syracuse, NY
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching Artist - Contemporary Arts Center | April 2019 - 2020 | New Orleans, LA
As a guest educator I developed creative writing workshops with 4th and 5th grade students from Audubon and KIPP Charter Schools as a part of the Spring Artist Exchange education program. In an effort to coincide with the current exhibition at the CAC, we focused on the historical context of the usage of communicating through objects and symbols. Retained interest and maximize receptive learning by educating students utilizing hands-on instructional techniques by relating the topic to everyday encounters.
Music Theory and Violin Teacher - Make Music NOLA | September 2018 - 2020 | New Orleans, LA
As the head of the music theory department I concentrate on teaching youth from ages 5-12 how to read and write music, music history and beginning violin technique. I create the music history curriculum in addition to co-facilitating community outreach opportunities such as free access to live performances that explore beyond the limitations of what one thinks of classical music. I’m exceptional at producing accurate and up-to-date records and reports as required as well as organizing and maintaining books, learning materials and resources in preparation towards a comfortable learning environment.
Founder - Siren Violin Studio | est. 2013 - present
I founded this private violin and viola studio to create a space for people of all ages to dive into their musical abilities. I teach music theory and guide them in developing better technique which allow them to play any genre they’re interested in while simultaneously increasing their musical literacy. I also aid them in finding the best affordable instrument as well as teaching them how to care and clean for them. In addition, I organize cultural and educational trips and activities to enhance mental stimulation and social well-being.