Brittany Anjou ~ Pianist, Composer and Multi-instrumentalist at The Dance Hall

Brittany Anjou is a Brooklyn based composer, pianist, and multi-instrumentalist. Channeling Duke Ellington to Bikini Kill in her solo repertoire, she is one of a few to record and tour with the elusive godmothers of punk, The Shaggs. In 2019, she released her debut album, Enamio Reciprokataj, on Origin Records, to critical acclaim. She is the lead singer of experimental metal punk band Bi TYRANT, and has shared the stage with artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Ernestine Anderson, Clark Terry and Elysian Fields.

Starting from the age of twelve Brittany has performed in award winning jazz ensembles throughout the U.S.A., Europe, Africa and the Middle East. She obtained her degree in jazz at New York University under the mentorship of Stefon Harris, Don Friedman, and Ralph Alessi, and graduated while in Ghana studying traditional Ghanaian xylophone at the Dagara Music Center. Anjou was a key support musician in the mid 2010s revival of 1960s all-girl outsider music band, The Shaggs, and supported Dot Wiggin in the studio recording 2013 album, Ready! Get! Go!. Anjou has directed, arranged, orchestrated, and composed for many artists, including her own ensembles, The Brittany Anjou Trio, L.A.R.C.E.N.Y (25 piece chamber orchestra), Bi TYRANT, Ghanaian Gyil Gala with Alfred Kpebsaane, and BEWAA, her original ensembles featuring Ghanaian xylophone. Currently in residence at the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Cultural Center opera house in Kuwait, she works as a freelance composer, session musician, educator, headliner, and support performer. ...

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Brittany Anjou is a Brooklyn based composer, pianist, and multi-instrumentalist. Channeling Duke Ellington to Bikini Kill in her solo repertoire, she is one of a few to record and tour with the elusive godmothers of punk, The Shaggs. In 2019, she released her debut album, Enamio Reciprokataj, on Origin Records, to critical acclaim. She is the lead singer of experimental metal punk band Bi TYRANT, and has shared the stage with artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Ernestine Anderson, Clark Terry and Elysian Fields.

Starting from the age of twelve Brittany has performed in award winning jazz ensembles throughout the U.S.A., Europe, Africa and the Middle East. She obtained her degree in jazz at New York University under the mentorship of Stefon Harris, Don Friedman, and Ralph Alessi, and graduated while in Ghana studying traditional Ghanaian xylophone at the Dagara Music Center. Anjou was a key support musician in the mid 2010s revival of 1960s all-girl outsider music band, The Shaggs, and supported Dot Wiggin in the studio recording 2013 album, Ready! Get! Go!. Anjou has directed, arranged, orchestrated, and composed for many artists, including her own ensembles, The Brittany Anjou Trio, L.A.R.C.E.N.Y (25 piece chamber orchestra), Bi TYRANT, Ghanaian Gyil Gala with Alfred Kpebsaane, and BEWAA, her original ensembles featuring Ghanaian xylophone. Currently in residence at the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Cultural Center opera house in Kuwait, she works as a freelance composer, session musician, educator, headliner, and support performer.

She's happy to lay waste to the instrument when thats whats called for: Reciprokataj IV: Olive You begins with a display of power that would mark the summit of most players performances. - DownBeat Magazine

Enamio Reciprokataj is the work of a daring 35 year-old visionary. Anjou is a channel, a portal, extending joy and exhilaration for anyone with ears to hear. Melodies flow through her like the windwe have much to learn from her.
-Jazz Times

While we've barely opened the door to 2019, we already have a serious contender for the year's strongest debut here. - All About Jazz

Anjous composition are read as a series of points of view on the art of the trio. With its minimalist rehearsals, it is an anthology of songs both dreamlike and alert, where free-jazz meets Rachmaninoff and electronics.
- France Musique

Anjou is a virtuosa with a determined touch and nimble liveliness. This accomplished body of work, which took 13 years to be completed, is sufficiently gratifying to make us wonder what her next plans are.
- Jazz Trail

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