Musician | Brooklyn, NY | Chicago, IL
Tune in to New Sounds with John Schaefer on WNYC, on an episode featuring several tracks from Transformation, Nathalie’s new album made in collaboration with the 10th grade class at Kaufman Music Center’s Special Music via Zoom during COVID-19 isolation. > Listen to the show Read more…
Transformation, an album co-created remotely with the 10th grade class of Kaufman Music Center’s Special Music School while in COVID isolation, is now available for purchase on Bandcamp, and I couldn’t be any prouder! All proceeds for the album go directly towards supporting free public music education for New York City students, which is critically […] Read more…
I am exceptionally proud to be included in this wonderful feature on Black composers written by formidable composer George E. Lewis for The New York Times. Of my Grammy-nominated album, Fanm d’Ayiti, Lewis writes, “Black liveness, Black women and Black spirituality arrive at the center of the classical music table.” I am humbled, and so […] Read more…
Nathalie has snagged the #13 spot on NewCity’s biannual Music 45 list of artists keeping Chicago in tune. The list “showcases the artists, performers and ensembles that have been Chicago’s most resonant and reliable voices leading up to the flashpoint—those who have defined the past few (and possibly last ever) years of the Chicago music […] Read more…
Very honored to share the world premiere performance of Have and Hold written by my Flutronix partner Allison Loggins-Hull, and commissioned by The Library of Congress as part of the “Boccaccio Project.” Inspired by Giovanni Boccaccio’s 14th-century work The Decameron, a written piece about escaping the deadly effects of the Black Plague, the Boccaccio Project is […] Read more…
Nathalie Joachim premieres “The Luminous Road” by Pulitzer Prize nominated composer Ted Hearne in the continuation of The Fanfare Project, commissioned by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. > Watch the full video Read more…
Nathalie is so proud to be giving the world premiere performance of “Have and Hold”, a new Library of Congress commissioned work written by her Flutronix partner, Allison Loggins-Hull as part of the Library’s “Boccaccio Project”. Nathalie and Allison talk about the work and more on NPR Morning Edition. > Listen to the full story Read more…
Long known for its work creating and performing new repertoire, including some of the most influential and characteristic works of the first decades of the 21st century, Sō Percussion is pleased to announce the creation of the Andrew W. Siegel Composition Fellowship. A two-year appointment, the Andrew W. Siegel Composition Fellowship honors an emerging composer whose work […] Read more…
Another fantastic performance of Dam Mwen Yo, my work for solo cello and recorded sound, by cellist (and commissioner) Amanda Gookin as part of her Forward Music Project, this time in Los Angeles. SF Classical writes, “Joachim’s piece Dam Mwen Yo concentrated on the voices of the Haitian women in her life — her mother, aunts, […] Read more…