Composed and Performed by
Janice A. Lowe, piano, voice, percussion
Janice A. Lowe (https://www.janicelowe.com/), composer, poet, is the author of Leaving CLE and Swam. A recent Creative Capital awardee, Lowe was commissioned to compose a song cycle in collaboration with Tyehimba Jess and has composed music for numerous plays, including Liza Jessie Peterson’s Chiron’s Homegurl Healer Howls and 12th and Clairmount by Jenni Lamb. Lowe’s musical collaborations with poets has led to performances with Anne Waldman and Fast Speaking Music, Julie Ezelle Patton, Tracie Morris, and Sheila Maldonado. Lowe’s latest album, Leaving CLE/Songs of Nomadic Dispersal, will be released this fall. A co-founder of The Dark Room Collective, she performs and records with her band Janice Lowe & Namaroon.