The Poetry Project

Holland Andrews

Holland Andrews, a mixed Black person with short black hair wearing a red shirt and looking into the camera and a blurred background of green leaves and dark shadows.
© Ariel Crocker

Holland Andrews is a vocalist, composer, music producer, and clarinetist whose work focuses on the abstraction of operatic and extended-technique voice to build cathartic and dissonant soundscapes. Andrews arranges music for voice, clarinet, and electronics, frequently highlighting themes surrounding vulnerability and healing. Andrews harnesses these instruments’ innate qualities of power and elegance to serve as a cohesive vessel for these themes. As a vocalist, their influences stem from a dynamic range including contemporary opera, american experimentalism, musical theater, and jazz, while also cultivating their unique vocal style which integrates these influences with language disintegration, vocal distortion, and environmental ambiance.