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.