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Joy Guidry
Joy Guidry (born October 12, 1995) is an American bassoonist and composer.[1] Early lifeGuidry was born in Houston and first became interested in music through her exposure to gospel music at church.[2] CareerGuidry 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.[3][4] She earned a diploma from Mannes School of Music the following year.[5] In 2021, Guidry was awarded the Berlin Prize for Young Artists for her Radical Self-Love program.[6] Her debut album, Radical Acceptance, was released in February 2022.[7] 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.[8] Guidry is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in music at University of California, San Diego.[9] After touring with her dissertation project, AMEN, a recording of the work will be released in May 2024.[10] CompositionsY'all don't wanna listenIn 2020, the National Sawdust Ensemble commissioned and premiered Y'all don't wanna listen, a work by Guidry for cello, alto flute, and violin.[11] A Prayer for ProtectionA Prayer for Protection, a work for seven double basses, was commissioned by the New World Symphony for 2021–2022 BLUE project bass fellows.[12] This just don't make no senseGuidry'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.[13] They know what they've done to usTitled 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.[14][15][4] Personal lifeGuidry is Christian and identifies as queer.[10][4] Her 2022 work Radical Acceptance explores her journey with bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.[16] DiscographyAlbums
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