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Nathalie Appointed to Princeton University Composition Faculty

We are thrilled to announce that Nathalie is joining the composition faculty at Princeton University beginning in fall 2022. Nathalie is honored and delighted to be joining the Princeton University community. She looks forward to forging new relationships with her distinguished faculty colleagues, and contributing to the continued advancement of the student body’s exceptional creative […] Read more…

Cincinnati Symphony premieres Flutronix’s “Black Being”

On April 14, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra presented the orchestral world premiere performance of Flutronix’s Black Being.  The powerful work centered newly commissioned text by North Carolina’s Poet Laureate, Jaki Shelton Greene, and featured Flutronix as soloists.  This orchestration, was an expansion of the original duo version that premiered in Fall 2021 at The Arts Club of […] Read more…

2021 – 2022 Tour

Bringing a live show to a city near you in 3…2…💃🏾💫 Cannot wait to hit the road again this season! Here’s the first batch of announced dates. More dates coming sooooon.❤️ Tickets: http://www.nathaliejoachim.com/calendar/    Read more…

Chicago Symphony’s MusicNOW Concert Review

Nathalie’s woodwind quintet Seen was on the program for Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s first MusicNOW concert of the season, curated by CSO Composer-In-Residence Jessie Montgomery.  The Chicago Tribune gave a wonderful review of the concert and Nathalie’s work, saying, “her fresh, exhilarating, often electronics-inflected music inevitably becomes not just program but season highlights wherever it appears, […] Read more…

Nathalie featured in Fall 2021 Issue of Portable Gray

On December 2, 2020, the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry at the University of Chicago held a FarBar conversation on storytelling and oral tradition with performer/composer Nathalie Joachim, storyteller Emily Hooper Lansana, and film historian, preservationist, and curator Jacqueline Stewart. They shared with the online audience insight into their personal storytelling practices, and then […] Read more…

Nathalie Performs for International Women’s Day

Nathalie was very honored to perform at an International Women’s Day event hosted by the World Bank’s Social Sustainability and Inclusion Global Practice, alongside champions of change and pioneering women leaders. The event featured Victoria Kwakwa (Vice President of World Bank East Asia and Pacific), Louise Cord (World Bank Director for Social Sustainability and Inclusion) […] Read more…

Outpost features Nathalie

Check out Outpost’s exclusive profile on Nathalie, where she opens up about her journey as an artist, saying “it took a long time for me to claim the title, composer and vocalist. The people I saw being given that title and owning it did not look like me, did not live like me.” > Read […] Read more…

Elysian Magazine features Nathalie

Grab the latest issue of Elysian Magazine for a wonderful profile of Nathalie’s life and career, a journey “from Juilliard to the Grammys”. > Read the article Read more…

More Than A Crush Podcast features Nathalie

Check out the latest episode of More Than A Crush, a podcast hosted by Nathalie’s dear friends and boss ladies extraordinaire, Marion Bolognesi (artist & designer) and Kim Beury (therapist).  The episode, entitled “Home is Where the Heart Is” features Nathalie discussing her music, connections to place and family, and what makes a place feel […] Read more…

The NY Times 25 Best Classical Music Tracks includes “Dam Mwen Yo”

Ending the year on a high note, by making the The New York Times 25 Best Classical Music Tracks list! Nathalie’s solo cello work Dam mwen yo (performed by cellist Amanda Gookin on her Bright Shiny Things release, “Forward Music Project 1.0“) makes the list, and The Times cites that “even when brief and minimalist, Nathalie […] Read more…