English
I give, receive, frame and amplify music that unites and bridges. Genres won’t help you get a clear view of my work, but if you like jazz, you’ll hear Afrocentric traditions and innovations. If you like classical, you’ll sense esoteric concepts and sacred structures. If you like a good song, I’ll give you a poem and make you dance. If you are into ART, there will be craft, symbolism and naked truth. If you want healing… that will happen always, as we hold space together.
My work as a vocalist and composer focuses on the function of art to address Relation. With sound, I intend to lay common grounds for utopian futures. I connect intimacy and subconscious narratives with collective and large scale principles. I navigate song, choral, instrumental music and staging with a strong connection to cosmologies of sound and speech rooted in oral traditions such as mantra and ring shout. My works hold space for transformation. With traditional and experimental approaches, I investigate the power of sound to shape reality. I care for the stakes of hybridity in culture, working towards opening up the interstices between genres, for a multiple, inclusive-yet-sacred experience of music. I conducted scholarly research on music & utopia in Black American music, interviewed master musicians and have a sustained poetic and essay writing practice. I hold a masters degree from Paris Diderot University in modern literature, aesthetics and contemporary thought. I have collaborated with William Parker, Meshell Ndegeocello, Pauline Kim Harris, Alarm Will Sound, Okwui Okpokwasili and Stefani Jemison, among many. I write, perform and teach in New York, throughout the Americas and Europe. Both solo albums hOULe & in the garden received international acclaim. Lastly, I am an awardee of the 2019 Van Lier Fellowship, 2020 American Composers Forum Create, 2021-2022 Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship, 2022 NYFA Artists Fellowship, 2023 New Music USA’s Next Jazz Legacy, and a 2023 Herb Alpert Award in Music nominee.
My work as a vocalist and composer focuses on the function of art to address Relation. With sound, I intend to lay common grounds for utopian futures. I connect intimacy and subconscious narratives with collective and large scale principles. I navigate song, choral, instrumental music and staging with a strong connection to cosmologies of sound and speech rooted in oral traditions such as mantra and ring shout. My works hold space for transformation. With traditional and experimental approaches, I investigate the power of sound to shape reality. I care for the stakes of hybridity in culture, working towards opening up the interstices between genres, for a multiple, inclusive-yet-sacred experience of music. I conducted scholarly research on music & utopia in Black American music, interviewed master musicians and have a sustained poetic and essay writing practice. I hold a masters degree from Paris Diderot University in modern literature, aesthetics and contemporary thought. I have collaborated with William Parker, Meshell Ndegeocello, Pauline Kim Harris, Alarm Will Sound, Okwui Okpokwasili and Stefani Jemison, among many. I write, perform and teach in New York, throughout the Americas and Europe. Both solo albums hOULe & in the garden received international acclaim. Lastly, I am an awardee of the 2019 Van Lier Fellowship, 2020 American Composers Forum Create, 2021-2022 Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship, 2022 NYFA Artists Fellowship, 2023 New Music USA’s Next Jazz Legacy, and a 2023 Herb Alpert Award in Music nominee.
Français
Le travail d'Anaïs Maviel en tant que vocaliste, percussionniste, compositrice et agitatrice se concentre sur la fonction de la musique comme essentielle pour établir des terrains communs, approacher la Relation et créer des futurs utopiques. Impliquée au carrefour des médiums, Anaïs a été une force créative précieuse pour des artistes tels que William Parker, Daria Faïn, Shelley Hirsh, María Grand, Steffani Jemison - pour donner une idée de sa compagnie éclectique. Anaïs se consacre à des créations substantielles allant du solo aux grands ensembles, à la direction musicale d'œuvres interdisciplinaires et à l'expansion du pouvoir de la musique comme acte de guérison et de transformation. Anaïs se produit et enseigne abondamment à New York, à travers les Amériques et en Europe. Les deux albums solo hOULe & in the garden, sortis sur Gold Bolus Recordings, ont été salués par la critique internationale. Enfin, Anaïs Maviel développe actuellement son langage en composition notamment grâce au soutien de la Van Lier Fellowship en 2019, American Composers Forum Create avec le quatuor à cordes The Rhythm Method en 2020, et de la Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship en 2021-2022.
Kreyòl Ayisyen
Travay Anaïs Maviel kòm yon vokal, pèkisyonis, konpozitè ak ajitateur konsantre sou fonksyon an nan mizik kòm esansyèl pou etabli baz komen, adrese Relasyon ak kreye yon avni utopi. Patisipe nan krwaze atizay yo, Anaïs te yon fòs kreyatif valab pou atis tankou William Parker, Daria Faïn, Bomba del Tiempo, María Grand, Steffani Jemison - bay yon lide sou konpayi eklèktik li. Anaïs dedye a kreyasyon sibstansyèl ki soti nan solo nan gwo ansanbl, nan direksyon mizikal nan travay entèdisiplinè ak ekspansyon pouvwa mizik la kòm yon zak gerizon ak transfòmasyon. Anaïs pèfòme ak anseye anpil nan New York, atravè Amerik yo ak nan Ewòp. De albòm yo solo HOULe & nan jaden an, ki pibliye sou Gold Bolus Recordings, te resevwa entènasyonal repitasyon kritik. Finalman, Anaïs Maviel se kounye a devlope lang li nan konpozisyon, miyò gras a sipò nan Van Lier Fellowship la nan 2019, Ameriken Konpozitè Forum Kreye ak The Rhythm Method nan 2020, ak Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship la nan 2021-2022.
Español
Anaïs Maviel es vocalista, percusionista, compositora, escritora y facilitadora comunitaria. Su trabajo se centra en la función de la música entendida como esencial para el establecimiento de bases comunes, el enfoque de la relación y la creación del futuro utópico. Involucrada en la encrucijada de medios (música, artes visuales, danza, teatro y artes escénicas), ha sido una fuerza creativa muy solicitada para artistas como William Parker,César Alvarez, La Bomba de Tiempo, the Commons Choir, para dar un sentido de su compañía ecléctica. Como líder, se dedica a creaciones sustanciales, desde el solo a ensembles largos, y a la expansión del poder de la música como un acto de curación y transformación. Toca y enseña extensamente en Nueva York, en América del Norte, del Sur y Central, y Europa. Ella lanzó dos álbumes en solitario HOULe y in the garden en Gold Bolus Recordings, recibieron reconocimiento internacional. Finalmente, Anaïs Maviel está desarrollando actualmente su lenguaje en la composición, en particular gracias al apoyo de Van Lier Fellowship en 2019, American Composers Forum Create con el cuarteto de cuerdas The Rhythm Method en 2020 y Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship en 2021-2022.
Português
Anaïs Maviel é cantora, percussionista, compositora, diretora musical, professora, curadora e curandeira. Seu trabalho está focado na função da música como algo essencial para o encontro de idéias em comum, relações e criação de um futuro utópico. Envolvida no cruzamento dos meios - música, artes visuais, dança, teatro e performance, ela se converteu em uma força criativa preciosa para artistas e conjuntos como William Parker, Mara Rosenbloom, La Bomba de Tiempo, Daria Faïn, entre outros. Está dedicada a criações substanciais desde solista até grandes ensembles e a expandir o poder da música como um ato de cura e transformação. Ela atua extensivamente em Nova York, em todo Norte, Sul e América Central e na Europa. Os dois álbuns solo HOULe & in the Garden, lançados pela Gold Bolus Recordings, receberam aclamação da crítica internacional. Finalmente, Anaïs Maviel está atualmente desenvolvendo sua linguagem na composição, em particular graças ao apoio da Van Lier Fellowship em 2019, o American Composers Forum Create com o quarteto de cordas The Rhythm Method em 2020 e a Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship em 2021-2022.