In 2019 – 2020, we're excited and honored to be an
Artist-in-Residence at Brooklyn's National Sawdust.
ABOUT US
Kinds of Kings is a collective
of US-based composers:
Shelley Washington (United States)
Gemma Peacocke (New Zealand)
Maria Kaoutzani (Cyprus)
MISSION
We are focussed on amplifying and advocating for under-heard voices and producing immersive and inclusive work.
WORK
Our 2019-2020 concert series, Equilibrium and Disturbance, features our friends:
Rubiks Collective (Melbourne, Australia)
~Nois saxophone quartet (Chicago)
Pianist Isabelle O’Connell (New York)
Nouveau Classical Project (New York), and
Real Loud (New York)
In January 2021 the Cincinnati Symphony and Eighth Blackbird will premiere a brand new piece we're writing for them.
Education
In 2019 we launched the Bouman Fellowship program for early career composers. As part of our Artist Residency at National Sawdust, we are teaching composition to middle school students in conjunction with El Puente in Brooklyn.