Music and Sound

A man with a beard sitting behind a set of conga drums, smiling at the camera, in a room with shelves and various percussion instruments in the background.

Jeff Aaron Bryant is a composer-performer and sound designer working at the intersection of art and technology. Much of his work is concerned with interactive media and improvisation. As a composer, he’s interested in using aleatory to confuse performance and spontaneously generate form. As a designer, he’s interested in thinking of sound as real objects that inhabit space, and has a particular interest in sound that’s playful, generative, and engages with bodies.

BFA from Cornish College of the Arts: He studied both composition and computer music, with concentrations in percussion, non-western musics, and technological interventions in concert music. MFA from Calarts: His thesis was concerned with the role of the computer in arts technology and involved performance softwares, live electronics, and interactive controllers for dance. He’s based in Brooklyn.

Recent Works

Photo of a dance performance with five dancers, one sitting on the floor, and a musician with drum sitting against a bare wall.

Credits

Direction and Choreography: Caitlin Adams
Music Direction and Composition: Jeff Aaron Bryant
Performers: Maggie Beutner, Laura Carella, Savannah, Jade Dobbs, Abriel Gardner, Madison McGain, Megan Siepka, PJ Verhoest, and Gioia von Staden
Sound: Jeff Aaron Bryant and Chris Knollmeyer
Assistant Direction: Erin Bishop O'Brien
Stylist: Kristyn Williams

ASSEMBLY

Center for Performance Research, 2025

Two dancers on stage in an industrial-style venue, with seated audience in the foreground.

Credits

Choreography and Vocal Scores: Jesi Cook
Set and Costumes: Jesi Cook
Lighting Design: Daniele Sarti
Sound Design: Jeff Aaron Bryant 
Movement: Ayano Elson, Amelia Heintzelman, Mina Nishimura

Whole body in my ear

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s River to River Festival, 2024

Performers in wigs dancing and playing musical instruments in a room littered with party cones and streamers, with a DJ setup and lighting equipment.

Credits

Choreography: Blaze Ferrer
Lighting Design: Ebony M. Burton
Costume Design: Emily White
Music and Sound: Jeff Aaron Bryant
Stage Management: Max Mooney
Performers: Blaze Ferrer, Joey Kipp, Alex Romania

Dick Biter

PAGEANT, 2024

On a dimly lit stage with microphones, three performers make gestures with their arms.

Credits

Script and Songs: Julia Jarcho
Music & Music Direction: Jeff Aaron Bryant
Direction: Ásta Bennie Hostetter
Performers: Julia Jarcho, Jennifer Seastone, & Kedian Keohan
Set Design: Meredith Ries
Lighting Design: Ebony Burton
Costume Design: Hahnji Jang
Sound Design: Ben Williams and Elliot Yokum
Line Producer Caitlin Adams
Production Stage Management: Liz Weber
Production Management: Brittany Coyne
Intimacy & Fight Direction: Leana Gardella
Choreography: Pauli Pontrelli
Development & Dramaturgy: Sebas Alarcon

Marie, It’s Time

HERE Arts Center, 2022

Two men engaged in a dramatic dance performance, wearing white shirts and pleated skirts, against a brick wall background.

Credits

Choreography: Blaze Ferrer
Lighting Design: Ebony Burton
Costume Design: Emily White
Music and Sound: Jeff Aaron Bryant
Performers: Justin Faircloth, Blaze Ferrer, Marisa Brau

GUSHER

The Brick, 2022

A man with glasses, a beard, and a serious expression, wearing a blazer and t-shirt, stands in the foreground. In the background, a woman is preparing food on a counter in a dimly lit room with a table lamp.

Credits

Conception: Ann Marie Dorr and Paul Ketchum
Performers: Ann Marie Dorr, Paul Ketchum, Kedian Keohan
Video and Sound: Jeff Aaron Bryant
Lighting Design: Dallas Estes
Production and Stage Managment: Kimberly Golding

Good And Noble Beings

The Brick, 2020

Two performers in athletic wear wrestling in a studio with shadows cast on the wall behind them.

Credits

Conception: Erin Markey
Direction: Jordan Fein
Performers: Erin Markey and Emily Davis
Original Music: Jeff Aaron Bryant and Erin Markey
Choreography and Movement: Chloe Kernaghan
Set Design: Carolyn Mraz
Costume Design: Enver Chakartash with Carter Kidd
Lighting Design: Barbara Samuels
Sound Design: Jeff Aaron Bryant with Keenan Hurley
Assistant Set Design: Cori Williams
Associate Lighting Design: Dallas Estes
Production Stage Management: Kedian Keohan
Assistant Stage Management: Claire Moodey
Production Manager: Ann Marie Dorr

Singlet

Bushwick Starr, 2019