When I look around myself for an idea, when I feel as though I have nothing to work with, when I feel as though I am nothing, when I've been made to feel that I am nothing, I look to the strong women that surround me for inspiration.

PLEASE WATCH IN 4K** Credits: Film by Xuan Music by Annika Socolofsky Performance by Parhelion Trio (Sarah Carrier, Andrea Christie, Ashleé Miller) Recorded by Annika Socolofsky Audio by Alex Dowling About the piece: parhelion - (n.) a bright spot in the sky appearing on either side of the sun, formed by refraction of sunlight through ice crystals high in the earth's atmosphere.

Performed by Shepherdess (Kayleigh Butcher & Hajnal Pivnick) Princeton Sound Kitchen, Taplin Auditorium November 6, 2018 Music copyright (c) Annika K. Socolofsky 2018. ASCAP. All rights reserved.

One wish, your honey lips (2016) Composed by Annika Socolofsky Performed by Emissary Quartet Video by Kevin Eikenberg, four/ten media With support from the Fromm Music Foundation, Emissary Quartet commissioned Annika Socolofsky to write this new work for flute quartet. It was premiered in New York City and recorded in Princeton, NJ in November 2016.

Copyright (C) Annika K. Socolofsky 2018. ASCAP. All rights reserved. Jonathan Hulting-Cohen, alto saxophone Nicholas Shaneyfelt, piano "Rise" explores the numerous resonances and timbres of the alto saxophone in the way that a vocalist explores the nuanced vocal qualities and expressive micro-variations in sound color at the far reaches of their own voice.

Music Copyright (c) Annika K. Socolofsky 2018. ASCAP. All rights reserved. Recorded by So Percussion in February 2019 at Princeton University. The concept for this piece comes from The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, a collection of words invented by John Koenig that "aims to fill a hole in the [English] language-to give a name to emotions we all might experience but don't yet have a word for."

Music by Annika Socolofsky "quell" for solo bass & fixed media Evan Runyon, bass Colin Knapp, recorded organ Premiered & Recorded April 18, 2017 at the Princeton Sound Kitchen Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University

Part of Third Coast Percussion's Emerging Composers Partnership. Live Premiere Video May 28, 2017 Constellation - Chicago Annika Socolofsky (born 1990, Edinburgh, Scotland) is a composer, avant-folk vocalist, and fiddler. Her music stems from the timbral nuance and inwards resonance of the human voice, and is communicated through mediums ranging from orchestral works to unaccompanied folk ballads.

Annika Socolofsky performs an original folk song with Trespass Ensemble September 2015 - Ann Arbor, MI Video by David Newton Eric Schweizer - clarinet Asaf Peres - electric guitar Nicole Patrick - percussion Melissa Coppola - accordion Julia Knowles - cello