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**INTRO** hi, i’m marisse. i’m a composer from London. here, i will document all my artistic exploits for your interest and my memory.

**INTRO** hi, i’m marisse. i’m a composer from London. here, i will document all my artistic exploits for your interest and my memory.

**INTRO** hi, i’m marisse. i’m a composer from London. here, i will document all my artistic exploits for your interest and my memory.

**INTRO** hi, i’m marisse. i’m a composer from London. here, i will document all my artistic exploits for your interest and my memory.

**INTRO** hi, i’m marisse. i’m a composer from London. here, i will document all my artistic exploits for your interest and my memory.

The Alchemy of Heritage - Legacy Pt. 3

It has been so special to work on this project. This film @blackbirdlilys has been working hard to get out to you as a final round up to capture this incredible experience and to give you some insights into the process.

I am so grateful once again to everyone at @575wandsworthroadnt , everyone at @wandsworthartsfringe for giving me a platform through which to profile my response to this incredible house, to my incredible featured artists @antoinettesmithx @mejediowusu @georgeiezzimusic @noliiitha and to everyone who guided me with tech, sound engineering, marketing, promotion, and all those who had to be in proximity to me when I was making lots of sound late into the night!

It is an odd feeling when such a huge project ends but I can firmly say the most prominent feeling is certainly gratitude and I can’t wait to bring you more art, more insights, more experiences❕

Huge love from me!!!

Pro Tip - listen with good headphones with one ear at a time 💐

i’ve been working with metal. there’s more to come

i’ve been working with metal. there’s more to come

i’ve been working with metal. there’s more to come

i’ve been working with metal. there’s more to come

i’ve been working with metal. there’s more to come

we made music, we played music, we thought about it, we wrote it, we wrote about it, we thought through it and it continues

thanks to all the iconic collaborators these past few months (in chats, improvising, thinking together, playing my music etc.)

we continue!

we made music, we played music, we thought about it, we wrote it, we wrote about it, we thought through it and it continues

thanks to all the iconic collaborators these past few months (in chats, improvising, thinking together, playing my music etc.)

we continue!

we made music, we played music, we thought about it, we wrote it, we wrote about it, we thought through it and it continues

thanks to all the iconic collaborators these past few months (in chats, improvising, thinking together, playing my music etc.)

we continue!

we made music, we played music, we thought about it, we wrote it, we wrote about it, we thought through it and it continues

thanks to all the iconic collaborators these past few months (in chats, improvising, thinking together, playing my music etc.)

we continue!

we made music, we played music, we thought about it, we wrote it, we wrote about it, we thought through it and it continues

thanks to all the iconic collaborators these past few months (in chats, improvising, thinking together, playing my music etc.)

we continue!

we made music, we played music, we thought about it, we wrote it, we wrote about it, we thought through it and it continues

thanks to all the iconic collaborators these past few months (in chats, improvising, thinking together, playing my music etc.)

we continue!

Last month I had the pleasure of performing new work by @marissecatomusic with the @aristideanorchestra, featuring work by Julius Eastman, Pauline Oliveros and Aaron Copeland

Rehearsal snaps by @rosh.png and performance clips @saturn.conch

Last month I had the pleasure of performing new work by @marissecatomusic with the @aristideanorchestra, featuring work by Julius Eastman, Pauline Oliveros and Aaron Copeland

Rehearsal snaps by @rosh.png and performance clips @saturn.conch

Last month I had the pleasure of performing new work by @marissecatomusic with the @aristideanorchestra, featuring work by Julius Eastman, Pauline Oliveros and Aaron Copeland

Rehearsal snaps by @rosh.png and performance clips @saturn.conch

Last month I had the pleasure of performing new work by @marissecatomusic with the @aristideanorchestra, featuring work by Julius Eastman, Pauline Oliveros and Aaron Copeland

Rehearsal snaps by @rosh.png and performance clips @saturn.conch

Last month I had the pleasure of performing new work by @marissecatomusic with the @aristideanorchestra, featuring work by Julius Eastman, Pauline Oliveros and Aaron Copeland

Rehearsal snaps by @rosh.png and performance clips @saturn.conch

Last month I had the pleasure of performing new work by @marissecatomusic with the @aristideanorchestra, featuring work by Julius Eastman, Pauline Oliveros and Aaron Copeland

Rehearsal snaps by @rosh.png and performance clips @saturn.conch

Last month I had the pleasure of performing new work by @marissecatomusic with the @aristideanorchestra, featuring work by Julius Eastman, Pauline Oliveros and Aaron Copeland

Rehearsal snaps by @rosh.png and performance clips @saturn.conch

✨JAM VIRTUAL: World Premiere of ‘-ligand-tendon-‘ (Marisse Cato):

🎶We’re thrilled to share the world premiere of ‘-ligand-tendon-‘ a brilliant new work by Marisse Cato, commissioned as part of JAM on the Marsh 2025, performed by our incredible JAM Sinfonia, led by Igor Yuzefovich (Leader of the BBC Symphony Orchestra), alongside: Joonas Pekonen (violin), Yuri Zhislin (violin & viola), Matthias Wiesner (viola), Tim Hugh (cello), Alba Merchant (cello) and Harry Atkinson (double bass).

🎻This extraordinary line-up of instrumentalists brought together leaders from ‘The Philharmonia Orchestra’, ‘BBC Symphony Orchestra’, and the ‘Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks’, a true pool of talent and of musical brilliance. Hear the full performance of Marisse Cato’s ‘-ligand-tendon-‘ next week on JAM Virtual!

This event was kindly supported by @orchestras_live and the @thehinrichsenfoundation.

Video by 🎥: @grthk
Sound by 🎙️: @edwardarmitage

#JAMVirtual #WorldPremiere #NewMusic #MarisseCato #OrchestralMusic #BBCSymphonyOrchestra #PhilharmoniaOrchestra #MusicPremiere #ContemporaryClassical #StringEnsemble #LiveMusic #MusicCommission

🎶Introducing Composer Marisse Cato: JAM Commission 2025

We’re thrilled to feature the world premiere of ‘ligand-tendon’ by composer @marissecatomusic at this evening’s JAM Sinfonia concert! Commissioned by JAM on The Marsh this year, Marisse’s piece explores fascinating musical textures and emotions - we can’t wait for you to hear it live.

Just two weeks ago, Marisse shared a short video introducing her piece ‘ligand-tendon’ after having rehearsals with JAM Sinfonia in London, led by violinist from @bbcsymphonyorchestra @igoryuzefovich.

Her new work will be performed alongside pieces by Strauss and John Adams at St Nicholas Church this evening. This concert promises to be a powerful and cathartic evening of music making.

This event is kindly supported by @orchestras_live and the @thehinrichsenfoundation. Get your tickets through our bio or via our website.

#JAMontheMarsh #MarisseCato #WorldPremiere #NewMusic #ContemporaryClassical #ComposerSpotlight #JAMSinfonia #Strauss #JohnAdams #ClassicalMusic #OrchestralMusic #LivePerformance #SupportNewMusic #BBCSymphonyOrchestra #IgorYuzefovich

so wonderful to have performed alongside and learnt about the work of @berglindmaria @rachelbeetz @michele.cheng.5and also heard the incredible @jooliedoodle ✨✨

more performances incomingggg

so wonderful to have performed alongside and learnt about the work of @berglindmaria @rachelbeetz @michele.cheng.5and also heard the incredible @jooliedoodle ✨✨

more performances incomingggg

so wonderful to have performed alongside and learnt about the work of @berglindmaria @rachelbeetz @michele.cheng.5and also heard the incredible @jooliedoodle ✨✨

more performances incomingggg

@marissecatomusic is back with an album review for Arowah Cleaver’s @arowahsounds new band’s album B.H.A.M. dropping on Feb 12th.

Check out Marisse’s article on our website, B.H.A.M’s pre-released tracks on our Weekly Pics
playlist and see Arowah’s options for pre-saving in their bio xx
Graphic Design by @thea_martynska

@marissecatomusic is back with an album review for Arowah Cleaver’s @arowahsounds new band’s album B.H.A.M. dropping on Feb 12th.

Check out Marisse’s article on our website, B.H.A.M’s pre-released tracks on our Weekly Pics
playlist and see Arowah’s options for pre-saving in their bio xx
Graphic Design by @thea_martynska

@marissecatomusic is back with an album review for Arowah Cleaver’s @arowahsounds new band’s album B.H.A.M. dropping on Feb 12th.

Check out Marisse’s article on our website, B.H.A.M’s pre-released tracks on our Weekly Pics
playlist and see Arowah’s options for pre-saving in their bio xx
Graphic Design by @thea_martynska

Excited to share my first lunch talk this friday in the Davison Room Music Department, 3 Oxford St. Welcome to everyone in the area to come along and hear/help me think through some research! <33

COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE

We are overjoyed to announce our first composer-in-residence, Marisse Cato. Marisse will be writing three new pieces for us from 2025-2027, and will judge our composition competition in 2026. We first commissioned Marisse to write for us in 2023, and were blown away by her creativity and talent. We can’t wait to work with Marisse in more depth over the next few years.

Marisse’s Biog:

Marisse Cato is a London-born composer/scholar currently based in Boston. After studying violin at Junior Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, she went on to complete an undergraduate in Music at Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, focussing on composition and Afro-diasporic sound knowledges. Marisse is continuing her research and practice in a PhD with the Music Department at Harvard University. Marisse uses sound to explore processes of transmission, revision, and remaking with regard to blackness and conceives sound as a spatialised as well as temporal form. She has received commissions for stand-alone compositions and performances from Holst Singers, Siglo de Oro, JAM, Devon Philharmonic Orchestra in partnership with the Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Cambridge New Music Group among others. She works collaboratively with other musicians and disciplines including dance, film, visual art and fashion. She recently performed on violin at Tate Britain supporting the realisation of Chisara Agor’s Angelus - an exploration of music and art through the galleries exploring the history of masquerade from Caribbean and African diasporas in response to Alvaro Barrington’s commission “Grace”. You can find more of her work at www.marissecato.com or on Instagram @marissecatomusic

A few words from Marisse:

“I am thrilled to be appointed Siglo de Oro’s first composer-in-residence! The ensemble’s versatility and artistry are truly inspiring and I’m so grateful and excited to be collaborating with them. We will be exploring modes of writing for voices that engage with the complex beauty of humanity through form and aesthetic. Stay tuned for what’s ahead!”

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