Bio

Kyoko Kitamura is a vocal improviser, composer, producer and multidisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She co-leads the quartet Geometry with cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum, guitarist Joe Morris and cellist Tomeka Reid, and the collective trio Siren Xypher with violist Melanie Dyer and pianist Mara Rosenbloom. Siren Xypher is the producer of the Brooklyn Free Spirit Festival.

For over a decade, Kitamura collaborated extensively with composer Anthony Braxton, featured in many of his performances and releases including the operas Trillium E and Trillium J. Kitamura directed and co-produced GTM(Syntax)2017, the 11-hour-long recording of Braxton’s unique vocal-driven Syntactical Ghost Trance Music system, and created the acclaimed 2023 documentary film Introduction to Syntactical Ghost Trance Music which DownBeat Magazine calls “an invaluable resource for Braxton-philes.” Kitamura is also active in William Parker‘s ensembles.

A sought-after vocalist for multidisciplinary projects, Kitamura’s credits include Matthew Barney’s Secondary, Audra Wolowiec‘s (waves) and Rachel Bernsen’s Novel Formats.

Kitamura has balanced dual careers as a media professional and a musician. Formerly a journalist in television and print media, she later directed communications and served as executive director for Anthony Braxton’s Tri-Centric Foundation. Kitamura has taught and led workshops at Dartmouth College, The New School, Arts for Art’s Visionary Youth Orchestra, Kaufman Music Center’s Face the Music and was a visiting faculty at Bennington College 2022-June 2025. Kitamura studied piano with Jane Carlson at Juilliard Pre-College, and privately studied counterpoint and Schoenberg harmony with Paul Caputo.