Mazz Swift

Mazz Swift is a neuro-emergent composer, conductor, bandleader, educator, singer and Juilliard-trained violinist, weaving classic African American musics, electronica, and mindfulness into their music.  Improvisation is a throughline in their practice across genres and instrumental configurations, and can be found in most of their works.  Mazz is a 2019 Jerome Hill Fellow, and 2021 United states Artist Fellow.  Works include commissions by the Los Angeles Phiharmonic (2020), the International Contemporary Ensemble (2023), the Silkroad Ensemble (2021,2022, 2023) and the Kronos Quartet (2022, 2024).

Mazz’s release The 10000Things: Praise Songs for the iRiligious is now out on New Amsterdam Records.