Composer and Scholar Molly Joyce Visits PCC’s Digital Arts and Equity Class
Posted by karah.kemmerly
On October 27, 2025, students in Music & Sonic Arts 218: Digital Arts & Equity welcomed a special guest: composer, performer, and scholar Molly Joyce, whose work explores the intersections of music, technology, and disability studies.
More than 50 students attended the session led by Dr. Ravi Kittappa and engaged in an energetic discussion about Joyce’s creative practice and research. Drawing from her background as an artist who composes and performs with an adapted electric toy organ, Joyce shared how her experiences with physical difference inform her art and her philosophy of “access as aesthetic.” Her talk highlighted the ways that technology can serve as a tool for inclusion, empowerment, and new modes of creative expression.
Students asked wide-ranging questions that connected Joyce’s work to the course’s core themes—how digital tools shape identity, how access influences artistic innovation, and how the arts can model more equitable forms of participation. “It was one of the liveliest and most inspiring sessions of the term,” said Dr. Kittappa. “Molly’s perspective resonated deeply with students, showing them that technology and identity are not opposing forces but creative partners.”
The visit underscored PCC’s commitment to bringing diverse voices into the classroom and fostering dialogue between artistic practice, scholarship, and social justice.