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ReFoundSound
ReFound = to find again, to discover what is already there = SOUND
INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIST
JoAnne C. Maffia aka ReFoundSound
JoAnne C. Maffia is an award-winning interdisciplinary artist and music educator; working within the fields of music/sound design, theater, dance, radio, and film.
JoAnne is a recent recipient of the Art Ventures Grant, May 2020. Her previous collaboration with choreographer Rebecca R. Levy of The Jacksonville Dance Theater, BODY: a long-form work premiered in May 2019 at The Florida Theater. A year earlier in May 2018, her electronic music composition Frenetic Sparks premiered at the 12th Annual Electronic Music Festival in Schloss Leuk, Switzerland.
In 2017 JoAnne was the recipient of The Promoting Excellence in Diversity grant from SUNY Brockport as both a guest lecturer and artist. The same year, Ms. Maffia’s collaboration with The Mariah Maloney Dance Company premiered in New York City. Her radio works have been featured on The Hear Now Festival in Kansas City and in Bolzano, Italy on the MuseRuole women in an experimental music festival. She has also been a theatrical sound designer and composer for The Vermont Shakespeare Festival.
JoAnne is an adjunct professor, sound designer, and percussionist for the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Flagler College, St. Augustine, Florida. JoAnne holds degrees in music composition, music education, and dramatic literature.
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Featured Organizations
Presenting beautiful music in beautiful St. Augustine at the Lewis Auditorium at Flagler College! EMMA’s mission is to offer quality music and dance performances by national and international artists. They also aim to encourage interest in classical music and to provide opportunities for the youth of St. Johns County. EMMA accomplishes this by offering school concerts in local schools and funding requests from music teachers for instruments and equipment.
The Historic Florida Militia (HFM) is a non-profit umbrella organization supporting re-created historic interpretive units and representing a number of cultures and time periods. "We are not street performers, we are educators. We are not parades, we are historic programs. This is not an exercise in free speech, this is an opportunity to educate. We are not promoting a political agenda, we are promoting the city's history through a practical and factual teaching method".
Crisp-Ellert Art Museum at Flagler College
Built in honor of Dr. JoAnn Crisp-Ellert and her husband, Dr. Robert Ellert, the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum offers Flagler College students and the Northeast Florida community a venue for fostering knowledge and a deep appreciation of contemporary art. As an educational resource for the College, the Museum exhibits regional, national and international artists, and provides opportunities for critical engagement and exposure to a variety of exhibitions and personal interactions with visiting artists. The Museum challenges students, the Flagler community and the public to cultivate individual creativity, critical reflection, historical consciousness and respect for the free exchange of ideas. In this spirit, the Museum also hosts public programs, including artist talks, readings, panel discussions and film series that provide a platform for vital interdisciplinary dialogue.