Joy Guidry
Joy Guidry is a bassoonist, versatile improviser, performance artist, and composer of experimental, daring new works that embody a deep love of storytelling. Joy’s music channels their inner child in honor of their ancestors and predecessors.

AMEN is Joy's third release. The conception of this album came from many talks with her ancestors, which then turned into an eight-track project. Amen meets at the intersection of many subjects in music, gender, sexuality, and Blackness. Joy approached this album from her own lived experience as a Black transwoman who was raised in Houston, Texas, and southwestern Louisiana. This project experiments with different southern Black American music forms, such as jazz, gospel, and ambient. This project was created to provide her peace, warmth, community, and release for this chapter of her life. This performance features Joy on bassoon, electronics, voice, and poetry.