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Jessie Cox is an Assistant Professor of Music at Harvard University, blending composition, drumming, and scholarship. His work interrogates intersections of Black studies, sound studies, and critical theory, informed by his Swiss-Trinidadian heritage and explorations of race, migration, and cosmic belonging.
- Doctorate from Columbia University
- Active in avant-garde classical, experimental jazz, and sound art
- Co-translator of Composing While Black (2023, bilingual edition)
His research and creative practice converge in the forthcoming monograph Sounds of Black Switzerland: Blackness, Music, and Unthought Voices (Duke UP, 2025), which theorizes experimental music as a vehicle for reimagining discourses around Black Swiss life and planetary belonging. Collaborations with ensembles like the Sun Ra Arkestra and LA Phil inform his scholarly inquiries, while awards such as the
- Fromm Foundation commission
- ASCAP Fred Ho Award
Commissions funded by the Ernst von Siemens Foundation, Pro Helvetia, and New Music USA punctuate his career, alongside performances at major festivals like Lucerne Festival and Opera Omaha. His scholarly output appears in journals such as liquid blackness and American Music Review, with a focus on music's capacity to reframe narratives of identity and futurity.
