About

Joanne sits in a theatre seat, she has medium length straight brown hair and wears a necklace overr her maroon sweater dress

Photo by Oliver Cross.

My soul is at one with my beautiful sparkling purple Dragon cello. Together we create mesmerising sonic worlds that embody the sensitivity of my Neurodivergence.

Jo-anne Cox is a performer/composer, based in London and working across the UK, playing a Bridge Violins custom electric cello. Her unique work to date spans across electronic, experimental, folk and contemporary classical music. Her playing style is sensuous, deep and textural, combining looping, beats, fx and melody lines. Her natural creativity has led to many musical and cross art form collaborations. Alongside her work as a performer/composer Jo-anne was Associate Artist with Oily Cart 2022, and devises and leads inclusive sensory theatre projects.

Inclusive sensory work:

Enter The Dragon's Cave, a sensory theatre piece for young people with the most barriers to access, including a soundscape, storytelling, puppetry and music technology;

Define Your Journey, choose your scene and accompany music and film on a virtual digital instrument;

Defiant Journey, an inclusive and interactive live show featuring cello, vibrotactile technology, digital instruments and sensory engagement.

Solo works:

Performing and composing Galwady y Mynydd for electric cello and grand piano, as part of Letting the Light In - the first commercial album which showcases Disabled composers working in the UK, released NMC Recordings, debuting #10 in the UK Specialist Classical Chart. Premiered with Siwan Rhys at Dora Stoutzker Hall, Wales;

Independently releasing Love In A Summer Storm, mixed by Valeria Radchenko and mastered by Declared Sound;

Performing for Together2012's International Women's Day Showcase;

Performing solo at Oily Cart's 40th Birthday Party at Battersea Arts Centre;

Performing at Queen's Theatre Centre Stage Scratch Night, in partnership with Grey Eye Theatre Company;

Performing at experimental music event, Ealing Extranormal;

Performing solo at the Round Chapel for Leon Clowes' radio show, The Avant Day Centre, broadcast on Reel Rebels Radio, with thanks to Hackney Historic Buildings Trust and St Augustine’s Tower.

Collaborations:

Co-composing A World Beneath Us, produced by Oily Cart, music directed by Max Reinhardt;

Accompanying artist, Elinor Rowlands, on the cello for neurodivergent-led audio descriptions of works at Nottingham Contemporary;

Accompanying Elinor Rowlands for an art workshop with Creative Health Camden;

Collaborating with Ivan Riches, Dee Fry and Simon Purins for experimental album, Eyes In Their Hands;

Contributing to The Deepenings by Elinor Rowlands - soundscapes for auditory walking trails on Mersea Island;

Recording cello for The Astronauts LP, a punk rock/anarcho punk album by Mark Astronaut;

Collaborating on arrangements for John Kelly's album, Better Late Than Never, featured on BBC Radio 2 Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe. Performed live at launch of the album at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre.