Holland Andrews

Overview

Co-presented with Ars Nova Workshop

Charged, haunting, genre-defying music exploring themes of vulnerability and healing.

Holland Andrews is a vocalist, composer, producer, and performer whose work focuses on the abstraction of operatic and extended-technique voice to build cathartic and dissonant soundscapes. In a two-night engagement at Solar Myth, they will perform their original compositions for voice, clarinet, and electronics.

Andrews’ influences stem from a dynamic range including contemporary opera, theater, and jazz. An artist in this year’s Whitney Biennial, Andrews composes and performs for dance, theater, and film. They have collaborated with artists including Bill T. Jones, Dorothee Munyaneza, and Will Rawls.

“Andrews is known for their soaring, soul- touching vocal abilities, and their music ranges from delicate piano compositions to distorted noise tracks, and everything else in between.” – Composer Magazine

Lead support is provided by the William Penn Foundation.

Photo: Ariel Crocker

About the Artist

Holland Andrews arranges music for voice, clarinet, and electronics and frequently highlights themes surrounding vulnerability and healing. Andrews harnesses these instruments’ innate qualities of power and elegance to serve as a cohesive vessel for these themes. Andrews previously performed solo music under the stage name Like a Villain. In addition to creating solo work, Andrews composes and performs for dance, theater, and film. Their work is toured nationally and internationally with artists such as Bill T. Jones, Dorothee Munyaneza, Will Rawls, Sonya Tayeh, Jenn Freeman, and poet Demian Dinéyazhi. Notable musical collaborations include Son Lux, Christina Vantzou, William Brittelle, Methods Body, West Thordson, Peter Broderick, Jeremy Toussaint-Baptise, and Nils Frahm. Their previous work also includes composing film scores for Rebeca Huntt’s BEBA (nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and acquired by Neon and Onyx Collective/Hulu) and Sophie Compton and Reuben Hamlyn’s Another Body (awarded SXSW 2023 Documentary Feature Special Jury Award for Innovation in Storytelling). Andrews has gained recognition from publications such as The Wire, The New York Times, Vogue, Le Monde, and BBC Radio. Holland Andrews is currently based in Brooklyn, New York.

 

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