“Composer and musician Molly Joyce healed from a life-changing accident through music — and found a new identity in the process.”

“Breaking and Entering features the enveloping sound of her beloved vintage toy organ paired with reverberant electronics; each song weaves the narrative of her life and her music. It’s a quietly explosive album.”

“She has carved a unique sound as a composer by treating disability differently: not as an impediment but as a wellspring of creative potential.”

“I don’t view it as a limitation, I view it as freedom. My limitation has opened a unique way of being and living in the world, and I cannot imagine life without it.”

“I’m particularly interested in breaking down socially-constructed notions of what human ability is and can be.”

“For composer, performer and Halcyon Arts Lab fellow, her work centers around disability – specifically, her own.

“Proof of her breakthrough is abundant throughout ‘Breaking and Entering,’ the musician’s debut full-length solo album.”

“It was an absolute delight talking with Molly about her ever-evolving understanding of disability and how her own physical difference informs her path as a musician and composer.”

“Joyce is not simply performing music; she is making art that is irreducibly her own.”

“After injuring her left hand, Joyce found ways to adapt to her disability, which has become an organizing principle for her enveloping soundscapes.”

“At low volume, this is soothing, enveloping music: played louder, its edges reveal themselves.”

“It’s a powerful response to something (namely, physical disability of any kind) that is still too often stigmatized, but that Joyce has used as a creative prompt.”