self portrait 2020
Jitszy (a.k.a Jitszy Sadie, Jitszy Sadie Little, Thee US Mint), is an interdisciplinary artist interested in noisy, jagged and prickly things. Born in San Diego California, she began her musical life as a drummer. While she do not come from a musical family, all sounds have been of immense interest to her, learning to understand music through the way it sounds and through the way it takes shape as matter in the intangible world and marrying that approach with the appreciation for the written and graphic tradition of music. Jitszy composes music for all forms of ensembles, each one a new opportunity to spray vectors of texture, timbre and tones into the wind. She has composed works for ensemble PHASE, Mivos Quartet, the San Francisco State University Wind Ensemble and Orchestra. Jitszy received a degree in Music Composition from San Francisco State University, where she studied with Michael Gilbertson, Danny Clay, Benjamin Sabey, Steve Horowitz and Nick Bacchetto. Her chamber music has been published under her name. Jitszy also works under the moniker "Thee US Mint" to create highly sporadic pieces of electronic music. Jitszy is also a writer of short fiction and poetry, prose is another outlet for her to erect angular and erratic ideas. She also spends time illustrating, painting and printing. Any form of artistic expression they are open to without discrimination and an ecstatic engagement.