MaryClare Brzytwa

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MaryClare Brzytwa is a flutist, composer, aspiring rock star and ex catholic-school girl. She hails from the outskirts of Cleveland, Ohio and now lives in Oakland, California. where she teaches Do-Re-Mi to dozens of future piano monsters right out of her home. MaryClare’s music takes listeners through noise, salsa, improvisation, microtonality, rock guitar licks, and laptop manipulations. She is the queen of B-bands: Bolivar Zoar, Byznich, and Bebe Donkey, which span out kitchfolk, electronic minimalism, and pseudo Christianic loungcore. She is 1/3 of the legendary all female free improvisation outfit: Slow, Children and has toured internationally in clubs, music festivals, flute gatherings, and academic institutions. In 2006, MaryClare earned her BA in Composition / Electronic Media from Mills College and has studied and/or collaborated with Robert Dick, Maggi Payne, Fred Frith, Angela Korogolos, Michiko Kawagoe, William Winant, Mochipet, Antoine Berthaiume, Joelle Leandre, and more. MaryClare likes expensive couscous, and her therapist, Susan.In addition her work as maryclare...she also has a christian rock alter- ego known as Byznich who writes devotional hymns with male centered god language. You can check out the music of Byznich at www.myspace.com/byznich MySpace Profile Photo Editor