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Dr. Annika Socolofsky

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ANN-ih-kuh • composer-vocalist •
assoc prof of composition @cubouldermusic • @emmyjeanjenkins • lifelong tomboy • queer 🏳️‍🌈

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Here’s a little deep cut solo version of “Home to Me” by @emmyjeanjenkins, which comes out on @adhyaroparecords this Friday with @frictionquartet!

Audio & Video Editing @annikasoco
Filming @stratosnolastname by @annikasoco

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5 months ago

The first part in a series of videos where I share tips and tricks for combatting writer’s block—especially that terrible blank page feeling. #classicalmusic #composing #loops #polyrhythm #howto by @annikasoco

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8 months ago

Have never been more PROUD of a project than I am of this one.

📣 OUT NOW! 💿 I Tell You Me on @carrierrecords with @annikasoco @noissaxophone and remixes by @phongdocs @darian.donovan.thomas @noplexus.

A celebration of queer joy and defiance, "I Tell You Me" features @annikasoco's original song cycle, which questions gender roles and rejoices in the beauty of queer self-expression and empowerment. In the spirit of individual expression, the song cycle is followed by remixes of each song, each created by a different queer artist: Phong Tran, Darian Donovan Thomas, and No Plexus and celebrating their unique voices through their own performances, composing, and production. 🌈💕

🎧 Listen now on Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music, or wherever you get your music.
🔗 Link in bio.

And an EPIC thank you goes out to everyone who helped make this album possible!

@noissaxophone
@carrierierrecords
@phongdocs
@darian.donovan.thomas
@noplexus
@jwslulloff
@julianvelascomusic
@saxpiggy13
@miketierneymusic
@gallestudios
#TaraKnight
@xuan.films
@truebluegoldmine

xoxo, Annika & ~Nois taken in Boulder, Colorado by @annikasoco

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Part 1 of why @dollyparton is your favorite singer’s favorite singer. Brought to you by one of her many fans, who also wrote her dissertation on Dolly’s songwriting and vocal interpretations. by @annikasoco

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Annika Socolofsky is a composer and avant folk vocalist who explores corners and colors of the voice frequently deemed to be "untrained" and not "classical." Described as “unbearably moving” by Gramophone and “grotesquely gorgeous” by the Chicago Tribune, her music erupts from the embodied power of the human voice. She communicates this through mediums ranging from orchestral and operatic works to unaccompanied folk ballads and unapologetically joyous Dolly Parton covers. Annika writes extensively for her own voice, notably composing a growing repertoire of “feminist rager-lullabies” under the titles of Don’t say a word and I Tell You Me. These works confront centuries of damaging lessons taught to young children by retelling old lullaby texts for a new, queer era.

Taking these rager-lullabies on the road, Annika has performed with ensembles including ~Nois, Eighth Blackbird, New European Ensemble, Albany Symphony, Knoxville Symphony, Latitude 49, and Contemporaneous. Recordings of her music are available on New Amsterdam, Bright Shiny Things, Naxos, and other labels. A recipient of the 2021 Gaudeamus Award, she continues to shape the contemporary music landscape both on stage and in academia. She holds a PhD in Composition from Princeton University and currently serves as Associate Professor of Composition at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Photo © Xuan by @annikasoco

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A few highlights from my new audio documentary series on queer elders in collaboration with @unheardofensemble and @xuan.films. Over the coming year, we’ll be working the Center on Colfax in Denver to document the stories of LGBTQ+ elders in music as a form of a living, artistic archive. For this series, I decided to first start close to home with my own family members Allan Oliver & Gary Simundson. I’m so grateful to them for sharing their stories with me, and as a new parent, I really resonated with their values around chosen family. ❤️ by @annikasoco

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Bye bye, summer. You’ve been one of the hardest, but one of the most fulfilling. by @annikasoco

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5 years married, 10 years together. Scrolling back through my camera roll, it’s sad how few photos of just us I have from the last year. Despite all the changes and challenges of parenthood (good and bad), you’re still the center of my universe. I love you, darwin’. Happy anniversary. by @annikasoco

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Thankful for this incredible band and to everyone who came out for EmmyJean’s first tour. I’m fulfilled and exhausted and had the best time with the best people. Even got in a lil recording sesh at @cindersoundstudio

And a special thank you to @jeffcolibrary @arvadacenter @etown_radio and @denfringe for having us. Yeehaw! 🤠

📸 1, 3 -9 by @saramonteith taken in PRIDE by @annikasoco

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This Friday and Sunday at @denfringe! Catch @emmyjeanjenkins Queer Country Cabaret! A true story of romance! Mystery! LESBIANS! taken in The People's Building by @annikasoco

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Happy Pride Month! Tix still available for @emmyjeanjenkins queer country cabaret at @denfringe June 5 and June 7 at The People’s Building on Colfax! Link in bio for tix. #queerdenver #pride by @annikasoco

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Annika Socolofsky writes and performs music that “erupts from the embodied power of the human voice and is communicated through mediums ranging from orchestral and operatic to original queer Country songs and unapologetically joyous Dolly Parton covers.”

One of Annika Socolofsky’s works from her growing
“feminist-rager-lullaby repertoire” will be featured on No Exit’s upcoming program, Songs, Soundscapes and Sonnets (May 28-30). “Don’t Say a Word” will be performed by soprano @anikalovechild, joining the ensemble.

👉Check out Laura King’s full interview with Annika at noexitnewmusic.com. by @annikasoco

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