jojo Sherrow
JoJo Sherrow is an artist, musician, and educator. She is the author of the Healing Your Magical Body trio of zines published by Microcosm. Her work as an educator has spanned two decades. She studied Textile Design at F.I.T., and worked in the fashion industry for 15 years teaching students CAD software and designing patterns for fashion brands. In the early 2000s, she played keys and bass in a variety of bands. Most recently she composes short works for the keyboard.
Artist Statement
My two most recent albums are entitled Rainbow Bridge and Keyboard Keys. Each piece is a miniature, around one to two minutes in length. Each song consists mostly of two channels, one right hand and one left hand, a treble staff and a bass staff, one melody and one harmony. The sounds are experienced fully. I like using the atonal palette with simple rhythm patterns. These are quiet works. My process of composing involves mostly improvisation at the piano. After working through the songs, I transcribe the music by hand on paper, then to digital sheet music using music notation software. The music is composed for piano, keyboard, marimba, vibraphone, or synthesizer. My recordings are either generated digitally by the software, or recorded from an acoustic piano or a digital keyboard.
