Jelani Surpris
Jelani Surpris is an intermedia composer from Atlanta, Georgia (USA) who continues his studies with Chaya Czernowin, Hans Tutschku, Wadada Leo Smith, Vijay Iyer, and James Ogburn. His work employs auto-ethnography and critical fabulation whilst engaging in the critique of ideologies in conversation with blackness, queerness, imperialism and Haitian history. Surpris is particularly concerned with critical prose being a sibling to his compositions including neighboring forms of multimodal creation resembling improvisation, electronics/electro-acoustics, and visual media to embellish the collaborative space.
Website: jelanicomposer.com
Last updated: September 22, 2026
