
//NEWS
//Press
April 22, 2008 09:09
"Flutist, vocalist, electronic musician, performs solo torch-noise behind a microphone, keyboard and computer screen with the most colorful Max layout I'd ever seen. Later, I learned of her association with folks like Fred Frith, Zeena Parkins and Joelle Leandre, but here's a list of people I think should seek her out ASAP: Kate Bush, Maja Ratkje, Meredith Monk, Mike Patton, John Zorn, Britney."
- Dusted Magazine 5/16/2008
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"MaryClare Brzytwa makes noises spanning electronic blips to manipulated flute solos to sparse piano/vocal pieces that sound like the show tunes of the damned, conceived by someone chained up in Sondheim's basement."
- Philadelphia City Paper 1/15/2008
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"Ambient , Nervous, and Scattered. MC rocks!""
- Fred Frith in All about Jazz
(Italy) 7/1/2007
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"Flautist and laptop electronic player MaryClare Brzytwa seems to have metamorphosed out of a wormhole in Riot Grrrls in Wonderland."
- Bad Alchemy (Germany) 8/1/2007
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"Unusually intriguiging improv. Avant Gaurde improv that sometimes utilizes traditional dramaturgy. Motorized, hypnotic rhythms and vibrating, pulsing quadrants. Spacial electronics interweaved with lines of melodies seeped in mysterious micro and macro sounds and surprisingly coarse and prepared textures. mysterious, magical tension, abstract paintings concretizing themselves in our suspenseful emotions and passions. Liturgical, meloncholy arrest in
unusual colors."
- Informator "Ars" (Poland) 12/1/2007
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"Take Oakland, California's MaryClare Brzytwa — an acclaimed flutist whose music often blends her preferred instrument with a sack full of odd electronics to create haunting sound scapes.Her songs are warped journeys through twisted pathways of noise that explore and test boundaries on a whim. The flute, as played by Brzytwa, is an instrument that can quickly jump from a tortured nightmare to softly drifting lullaby. The California artist adds another layer of surrealism to her work with the help of strange sound effects that tease out the otherworldly aura of her music. It is an unnerving cocktail of beauty and dreamlike melody."
- Philadelphia Northeast Times 1/27/2008
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"Maybe electrified female angst and all the beautiful things that spring from it floats your kayak. Then Oakland local MaryClare Brzytwa ('brist wahh', Polish) will transport you to netherworlds containing dark and twisty dimensions using a looped flute and custom computer programs that turn her devices into automaton improvisers, with a twist."
- SF Weekly 9/6/2007
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"Even the space between sounds takes on significant meaning and function, truly a magnificent and important contribution to the undomesticated sounds of experimetation."
- KFJC Online Reviews 10/15/2007
//Radio Nomad
March 20, 2008 15:44
I am now the Curator for an online radio experiment called Radio Nomad. We are currently accepting submission for our online radio station at Radio Nomad archive so please check it out and submit a sound world creation or some field recordings that document your everyday sound experiences at www.jourparjour.net/radio/radio.htm
Since attending Mills college in 2004, MaryClare has been working steadily as a performer, composer and teacher. MaryClare’s music is a specialized blend of both acoustic, strategically amplified, and processed extended flute technique. In addition to her flute playing, her multi instrumental range spreads from contemporary micro tonal flute compositions with laptop improvisation, rock and pop singing, to piano ballads and noise.
MaryClare has performed at the San Francisco Tape Music Festivals, San Francisco Electronic Music Festival, University of Buffalo Flute Festival, The Stone curated by Fred Frith, The Wels, Austria Music Unlimited 21 festival, and has held residencies at the Atlantic Center for the Arts and La Corbiere Village Nomade.
The Discography of Ms.Brzytwa includes Stairwells (Think Tank) , and Bebe Donkey (Actuelle) , Byznich (Tangram7s), Bolivar Zoar (Self Release).
In addition to her own compositions, MaryClare also acts as performer for the music of composers Kevin Blechdom and Dominique Leone. MaryClare holds a B.A in Composition with an emphasis in Electronic Media, from Mills College where she studied composition with Fred Frith. She has studied flute with both Angela Korogelos and Robert Dick and has performed with: William Winant, Fred Frith, Robert Dick, Joelle Leandre, Dominique Leone, Shayna Dunklemen, Kanoko Nishi, Theresa Wong, Antoine Berthiaume, Ava Mendoza and others.
In 2008 MaryClare relocated to Estayver le loc, Switzerland to work as curator for the Village Nomad, Radio Broadcast. Forthcoming electro pop power ballad album with Dominique Leone is expected in 2009.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2004-2006
BA in Music Composition with an Emphasis in Electronic Media, Doner Scholar, Mills College
Composition with Fred Frith
Voice with Molly Holm
2005
Flute & Composition with Robert Dick
Professional
2008
Curator: Nomad Radio ,Estavayer-le-Loc, Switzerland
2007
Artist in Residence: Village Nomad Estavayer-le-Loc, Switzerland
Associate Artist in Residence: Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
2005-present
Founder, Curator:
Womantis
2005-2008
Founder,Curriculum designer for“ Avant Tot” : Parent/Child Sound Explorer Class
2004-2008
Private and Group Music Instructor: Piano, Flute, and Improvisation
2002-2004
Flutist for Salsa Band- “Fusion Caribbean”, Dir. Frank Lopez
Flutist for Latin Folk ensemble- “Rumba y Café”, Dir. Angel Pagan
Current Projects
Nomad Radio
Dominique Leone Band (Small Town Supersound)
Paul and Diane: 80’s power ballad electro pop duo with Dominique Leone
MCB Solo Set: Piano, flute, max/msp laptop, guitar, and voice
Bebe Donkey: Ambient Electronic Flute/Laptop and Electric Guitar, with Antoine Berthiaume (Actuelle)
Past Projects
2004-2008 Slow, Children: Improvisational Trio featuring flute/electronics/voice/guitar, ampflified koto and percussion with Kanoko Nishi, Shayna Dunkelman.
2005-2008 Bolivar Zoar: Avant Folk Trio, 2 acoustic guitars and cello, 3 voices with Theresa Wong and Ava Mendoza.
Selected Performancs
11/24/2007
MCB solo, Village Nomad, Estavyer la Loc, Switzerland
11/12/2007
Bolivar Zoar, Music Unlimitd Festival, Wels, Austria
09/06/2007
MCB solo, San Francisco Electronic Music Festival, Artuard Theatre, SF, CA
05/08/2007
MCB Solo Set, The Stone, New York, NY
05/03/2007 MCB Solo Set, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
01/27/2007
SF Tape Music Festival, ODC Theatre
08/12/2006 Ladies Take Back the Noise Festival, 21 Grand, CA
07/10/2005 Slow, Children, Tokyo, Japan
07/12/2005 Slow, Children, Shibuya, Japan
Selected Work
2007
Paint on Photo: One-hour solo performance for piano,flute,voice, Max/Msp
KarenV8:
Music for dancers, flute and Max/Msp
2006
Good Bye-o Ohio:
20 Min. Video/Sound/ Musical Piece for pen and ink, paint and digital artwork. Music written and performed for flute, piano, voice, guitar, and electronics. Sound Design and Electronics with Max/ Msp.
2005
Maxy Waxy no. 1:
Solo Improvisational Environment for flute and Max/Msp
2005
Maxy Waxy no. 2:
Tape Piece for flute & Max/Msp
Awards
2007
Residency Scholarship: Atlantic Center for the Arts
Margaret Lyons Music Student Prize, Mills College
Donner Music Scholar, Mills College
Hellman Award for Instrumental Study, Mills College
2006
Donner Music Scholar, Mills College
Undergraduate Research Grant, Mills College
Hellman Award for Instrumental Study, Mills College
2005
Pantasmagoria Flute Festival Scholarship, University of Buffalo
1997
Cleveland Music School
Settlement Concerto Winner
Cleveland Music School Settlement Outstanding Musician Award
American Music Abroad Youth Orchestra European Tour