My name is Eris.

A nonbinary person with a short buzz cut leans against a cinderblock wall. They are wearing a forest green shirt and a black leather biker jacket.

I’m an interdisciplinary narrative artist working primarily with music and text to explore human empathy and relationships. I am also a teacher and researcher, analyzing power dynamics and their effects on people of various marginalizations. Across all my work, I focus on trauma-informed performance ethics as well as the erasure of queerness in music pedagogy and performance.

A nonbinary person with a short buzz cut leans against a cinderblock wall. They are wearing a forest green shirt and a black leather biker jacket.

My name is Eris.

I’m an interdisciplinary narrative artist working primarily with music and text to explore human empathy and relationships. I am also a teacher and researcher, analyzing power dynamics and their effects on people of various marginalizations. Across all my work, I focus on trauma-informed performance ethics as well as the erasure of queerness in music pedagogy and performance.

Listen

Audio? Video? I’ve got both. Explore my discography across multiple platforms.

The album cover for Eris DeJarnett's WEAKNESS, featuring John Pisaro and Nick St. Croix: a topless human with short hair sits with their back to the camera, tension evident. The word "WEAKNESS" is scrawled on their back in lipstick. In the background, amid the glow of evening light, is a notebook, sitting on which are a variety of small objects.

Read

Music’s not all I write. My blog hosts essays, analyses, and announcements.

Eleven pages of ICD's 2020 internal review, layered on top of each other, fill the frame. They are heavily marked up, with underlines, scribbles in the margin, and seven colors of highlighter denoting important sections of text.

Learn

As my schedule permits, I offer online lectures, virtual consulting, and in-person clinics.

A nonbinary person smirks at the camera, an eyebrow slightly raised. Their hair is in a short buzzcut, and ey are wearing stud earrings, a forest green shirt, and an oversized jean jacket. They stand in front of a cinderblock wall with an inlaid brick archway and wooden gate.

Listen

Audio? Video? I’ve got both. Explore my discography across multiple platforms.

Read

Music’s not all I write. My blog hosts essays, analyses, and announcements.

Learn

As my schedule permits, I offer online lectures, virtual consulting, and in-person clinics.