Listen to me. This is the silliest kazoo music you will hear all day. 

Bryan Wilson, cello
Kyra Sims, kazoo and foot tambourine

A Heartbreaking Kazoo Of Staggering Genius

Track made by the incomparable Jon Bernstein (Disparition).

Vocals by yours truly.

Human Disco

LIVE in Chicago on April 24th, 2015

song written by Jason Molina 

Performed by Food Will Win the War:

Rob Ward - guitar, vocals
Kyra Sims - french horn, vocals
Jason Grimste - bass
Jon Gernhart - drums

Riding With The Ghost

I made this a while back for a potential play. It was a lot of fun to make. Yay for bubbles. Yay.

Original song "Bubbles" by Dressy Bessy

Photo by DeviantArt artist eliastucker

3u33135

This is a scratch track for a song I wrote for Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind in February 2016. The song uses an excerpt from the letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell from the Republicans of the Senate Judiciary Committee. During the song, we passed out to audience members the memo below:

GOP Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee up for Reelection in 2016: 

Chuck Grassley (Iowa)
Mike Lee (Utah)
David Vitter (Louisiana)

Remind your friends and families in these states to VOTE on November 8th! 

Learn more at ballotpedia.org

“Protect the will of the American people.”


The ballot cuts both ways, or Memos to Iowa, Utah, and Louisiana

Performed at the House Of Yes, Brooklyn NY, on April 18th 2016.

PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE AND BAND INCLUDE:
Thomas Dieter 
Sarah Livant
Juan Lee
Colin Summers
Kyra Sims
Bettina Warshaw
Dan Mccoy
Mike Puckett
Shelton Lindsay
Katy-May Hudson
Daniel Mirsky

Original Music Composed By Thomas Dieter
Lyrics By Daniel Mirsky
Written, Designed & Directed By Daniel Mirsky


Excerpt From A Space Dinosaur Neo Birthday Story

This is a playlist of live and recorded samples of my horn playing. 

Norman Salant - Old Timers Day

Food Will Win the War - Down

Food Will Win the War - Thickly

Food Will Win the War - Wearing Off

Kyra Michelle is a collaborative musician and actress residing in New York City. She is an extremely versatile artist with her talents on French horn ranging from virtuosic classical soloist to cutting-edge improviser. She is an excellent vocalist with the flexibility to lend her warm and sultry voice to many genres and styles of music. Her innovative blend of vocal and horn performance give her appearances a soulful depth that touch a range of emotions.

A recent graduate from Manhattan School of Music, where she studied with Michelle Baker, Kyra is quickly making her mark in NYC. She has performed in NYC venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Frederick P. Rose Hall at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Le Poisson Rouge in the Village, and Jazz Standard. She happily brings her horn and voice into any genre that will have her- she enjoys and regularly performs not only classical, but also rock, pop, folk, and jazz styles. She has performed all across the country, and all over the world in countries such as China, Italy, and Greece. She has backed notable artists such as Frank Ocean at the 2014 Met Opera gala, Zola Jesus, bassist Reggie Workman, and trumpeter Wallace Roney. As an orchestral musician, she has played under Kurt Masur at Manhattan School of Music, and Lorin Maazel at the Castleton Festival. She has collaborated with and performed in two NYC premieres this year: Bum Phillips All-American Opera at La Mama, and the experimental jazz piece American Dialogues at the Museum of Modern Art.

As an actress, Kyra has performed on the Upright Citizens Brigade stage as an advanced student, and in indie improv teams around the city. She has also participated in NYC experimental and collaborative theatre, including Jeremy Goren’s Wistaria, Igor Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat, and the enigmatic classic, Why Else do you have an English Horn?  

Kyra M

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