A Piece Has Been Released - Music

Jessica Pavone Composer Viola Violin El.Bass Has Performed In Countless Improvisation Avant Jazz Experimental Folk Soul And Chamber Ensembles Since Moving To NYC In 2000. She Currently Plays With Normal Love In A Duo With Guitarist Mary Halvorson With Anthony Braxton's Ensembles And As A Solo Violist. As A Composer The Wire Magazine Praised Her “ability To Transform A Naked Tonal Gesture Into Something Special ” And The New York Times Described Her Music As "distinct And Beguiling...Its Core Is Steely And Its Execution Clear." Pavone’s Recent Works For Solo Viola And Voice Stem From Years Of Concentrated Long Tone Practice And An Interest In Repetition Song Form And Sympathetic Vibration. She Combines Her Long Tone Rituals With Delay Understated Melodies And Sparse Lyrical Content While Continuously Experimenting With New Forms. She Is Interested In The Physicality Of Performing Her Somewhat Larger-Than-Comfortable Instrument And Believes That Cultivating Physical Bodies As A Strong Container For Her Thoughts Is Part Of The Creative Process. As An Instrumentalist She Has Personally Worked With And Interpreted New Music By Aaron Seigel Andrew Raffo Dewar Elliott Sharp Glenn Branca Henry Threadgill Leo Smith Jason Ajemian Jason Cady Jeremiah Cymerman John King Matana Roberts Matthew Welch Tristan Perich Tyondai Braxton And William Parker And Has Played Strings In Bands Such As Christy And Emily Pure Horsehair White Blue Yellow And Clouds Joy Mega And The Artificials. Pavone Has Toured Extensively Throughout The U.S. Canada And Europe Performing In Venues Ranging From International Music Festivals Universities And Art Galleries To Community Centers And Basements. Her Music Has Premiered In Venues In New York City Such As Roulette Issue Project Room And The Kitchen And At The Klangbad Festival In Sheer Germany. In 2011 She Was Featured In NPR’s “The Mix 100 Composers Under 40.” She Has Received Grants And Commissions From The Aaron Copland Recording Fund The American Music Center New Music USA For Her Collaboration With Choreographer Anna Sperber The Kitchen MATA The Jerome Foundation The Tri-Centric Foundation Experiments In Opera And The Chamber Music Collective Till By Turning. Pavone’s Music Is Available From Taiga Records Tzadik Thirsty Ear Relative Pitch Porter Skirl And Peacock Recordings. read less