BIOGRAPHY
Bea Carr (they/she) is a transgender, Austin-based composer with master's degree in composition from NYU Steinhardt, and received their Bachelor’s in Music Composition at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. Through their music, Bea seeks to break music down to its essential parts to capture the inherent sense of fun and play that often becomes obscured in adulthood. By reconciling between process and organicism, Bea aims to discover beauty within patterns, and order within chaos. Through permeative writing, Bea cloaks the listener in fun, rhythmically active textures that unlock harmony through a pointillistic composite. Bea encourages composers, performers, and audiences alike to engage with the community-based process of creating art, through unlocking and liberating one's inner child.
Bea has collaborated with many esteemed musicians and ensembles, including the Brazilian National Symphony Orchestra, the Mivos Quartet, Dither, the Rhythm Method, Density512, the Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir, Hub New Music, and many more. Additionally, Bea has interned as a composer’s assistant to Brooklyn-based film composer Christopher North, as well as interning in the archival department at Roulette, an experimental music venue in the heart of Brooklyn.
RECENT WORK
One of my favorite pastimes is hopping onto Google Maps and exploring random locations. The sand dunes of northern Brazil, the lush canyon oases of Yemen, the rocky cliffs of eastern Siberia; virtually anywhere in the world can be visited by way of street view. This immediate access has given rise to a new form of exploration, one that allows us to understand Earth in a way that was once completely unattainable. This new perspective should instill in all of us a newfound love and admiration of the planet we call home, as well as our fellow humans who inhabit it. We must, then, be compelled to protect it—and each other—from the rising threats of greed, war, and fascism. Our world is beautiful. We are beautiful. Let us not take it for granted.
Street View (2026)
for Hub New Music
