Dec

Joy Guidry: 'Five Prayers'

by Schwarzman Center

Performance Arts Conversation Design Yale Schwarzman Center

Wed, Dec 3, 2025

7:30 PM – 9 PM EST (GMT-5)

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December 03, 2025 | 7:30pm–8:45pm | The Dome

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The Dome is located on the third floor of Yale Schwarzman Center, 168 Grove Street, New Haven, CT 06511.

Free and open to the public with registration

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Acclaimed bassoonist and composer Joy Guidry will captivate audiences with a solo performance featuring electronic, lighting, and atmospheric elements. Known for her experimental and daring new works, Guidry channels her inner child to honor her ancestors and predecessors through music. The San Diego Tribune describes her performances as “lyrical and haunting…hair-raising and unsettling,” while Foxy Digitalis praises her work for its "cathartic power" that envelops listeners. Guidry has showcased her original compositions at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum for American Art. Her work has been commissioned by renowned organizations like The National Sawdust and Long Beach Opera, and she has graced stages at international festivals including La Biennale di Venezia and Big Ears Festival. Guidry holds degrees from the Peabody Conservatory and the Mannes School of Music and is the winner of the 2021 Berlin Prize for Young Artists.

Copies of Joy Guidry's CDs will be available for purchase after the show.

“Joy Guidry’s work has a cathartic power to it that condenses into heavy, affecting passages that spill into the air from every direction.”

Foxy Digitalis