maryclare brzytwa

MaryClare Brzytwa is a multi-instrumental composer/performer based in Cleveland, OH. Specializing in flute, but also performing with piano, voice, and laptop, she draws from contemporary classical, experimental, jazz, computer music, free improvised pop and rock. She has toured extensively in theaters and clubs throughout the US, Europe and Japan as both side-woman and soloist playing festivals such as Festival des Musiques Innovatrices, Gilles Peterson's World Wide Festival, La Siestes Electroniques Festival, Unlimited 21 Festival, and the San Francisco Electronic Music Festival.

In 2008 MaryClare moved to Switzerland to collaborate with filmmaker Werner Penzel(Step Across the Border), curating his experimental music project Radio Village Nomade. This project was followed by a year of touring Europe as lead instrumentalist for the jazz project of pop producer of Mocky (Jamie Lidel, Feist). In addition to her own solo recordings, she has also appeared on albums by and collaborated with people such as Lindstrøm, the Boredoms, Fred Frith, Vinny Golia, Kevin Blechdom, and Wobbly.

MaryClare studied flute and composition with Fred Frith and Robert Dick at Mills College, where she received her BA in 2006 and with Vinny Golia where she received her MFA in 2012. In 2012 Ms.Brzytwa completed her Master's Degree in Composition and Performance at California Institute of the Arts. She is currently Director of Professional Development at Oberlin Conservatory.

Selected Recent Performances

04/01/2012 – REDCAT Studio Series10/16/2012 – STEIM, Amsterdam, Netherlands10/05/2010 – SuperMusique 31e SAISON : ACTUELLE ET VIVANTE06/13/2010 – Festival des Musiques Innovatrices, Saint-Etienne France10/08/2009 – Factory Festival, La Cigale, France07/04/2009 – Gilles Peterson's WorldWide Festival, Sete, France06/28/2009 – Siestes Electroniques Festival, Toulouse, France05/08/2007 – Solo Set, The Stone, New York, NY09/06/2007 – SF Electronic Music Festival, SF, CA