Alyssa Regent is a Guadeloupean composer and artist working within acoustic and electro acoustic mediums. Her music has been described as “conveying a sense of uncertainty and longing,” (Columbia Spectator). She is inspired by what she calls “the unseen”, seeking to evoke passions and sensations that are deeply rooted in introspection. She thinks about music as an exploration of the spiritual and emotional dimensions of the human experience.
Her works have been performed throughout the US and Europe. She has participated in several music festivals and programs such as the Composer’s Conference (Boston), String Quartet Evolution at the Banff Center (Canada), Lucerne Music Festival (Switzerland) and was a composer in residence at the Always, Already, There: An Incubator for Afrodiasporic music curated by Haus der Kulturen der Welt and George E. Lewis in Berlin. She has composed music for dance, chamber ensembles, soloists and orchestra (including Yarn/Wire, New Chamber Ballet and InterContemporary Ensemble). She studied composition with Suzanne Farrin, David Fulmer, Marcos Balter, Zosha Di Castri, George Lewis, Seth Cluett and Georg Friedrich Haas.
She is currently pursuing a DMA at Columbia University and is the curator of Comparing Domains of Improvisation.
Link to website: alyssaregent.com
Link to soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-218073719
