Lessons by LaFrae
LaFrae Sci is an award-winning and internationally acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, educator, composer and electro-acoustic adventurer. Bedrock to her artistry are the roots and the fruits of the blues, from spirituals to Afro Diasporic futuristic soundscapes that explore time travel, prayer, meditation, and the African American ecstatic tradition. As a composer, she writes for film, theater, and large and extended jazz and classical orchestras. She writes for all instruments, and her creative range spans immersive and ambisonic music, blues, various ethnomusicological traditions, rock, pop, hip-hop, and her own brand of subaquatic deconstructed techno soul. To date, LaFrae has shared her intentional creativity in 40 countries.
LaFrae is also the Executive Director/Director of Artistic Programming at Willie Mae Future Sounds, named after Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton. W.M.F.S. is a STEAM based, year-round empowerment through music program that includes social justice, Afro Diasporic futurism, critical thinking, and leadership through the lens of the blues tradition for girls and gender non-conforming youth in New York City.