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Chamber Chats with Jules: Ep. 1 - inti figgis-vizueta

I had such a great time talking to inti for the first installment of Chamber Chats with Jules. We discussed her unique style of writing and the ways in which it inspires a meaningful and engaging relationship between performer and composer and challenges the performer to push their own boundaries in new and interesting ways. We talked about her education, formal and otherwise and the ways these experiences have influenced her. Check out our chat at the link! I look forward to the next installment of the series with my good friend Mazz Swift. Date TBA!

inti figgis-vizueta (b. 1993) writes magically real musics through the lens of personal identities, braiding a childhood of overlapping immigrant communities and Black-founded Freedom schools—in Chocolate City (DC)—with direct Andean & Irish heritage and a deep connection to the land. Her music has been praised by The Washington Post as “haunting” and “raw, scraping yet soaring”, The New York Times as “alternatively smooth & serrated”, and The National Sawdust Log as "all turbulence" and “quietly focused”.

inti maintains a private studio in NYC with regular guest composition workshops and presentations of her practice at music programs around the country. She focuses on queerness, indigenous forms of transmission, and connecting diaspora to musicmaking as well as expanded notational systems and non-linear forms.

inti has been commissioned by JACK Quartet, Crash Ensemble, National Sawdust, Music from Copland House, The Phillips Collection, Jennifer Koh’s Arco Collaborative, and cellists Matt Haimovitz, Amanda Gookin, and Andrew Yee, among many others.

Chamber Chats with Jules: Ep 2 - Mazz Swift

Date TBA!

Mazz combines elements of classical, folk, rock, jazz, free improvisational music and electronica to create a rich, unique and diverse musical experience. She is a singer, composer and Juilliard-trained violinist who plays electric and acoustic instruments and has, over the years, performed and recorded with a diverse accumulation of artists including Whitney Houston, Perry Farrell, Dee Snider, James “Blood” Ulmer, Vernon Reid, Valerie June, DJ Logic, William Parker, Butch Morris, Jason Lindner, Kanye West, and most recently as string mistress for D’Angelo’s “Vanguard Strings”.

On electric violin, acoustic violin, soulful singing and improvisation, Mazz brings music that speaks directly to your soul.

Chamber Chats with Jules: Ep 3 - Community Choice!

Help us choose the third guest on Jules’ series! Poll to be announced.