Marissa Deitz

Marissa Deitz (b. 1990) is a composer and performer located in Oakland, CA. She works in electro-acoustic composition, multimedia and live video processing, and dream-pop songwriting under the moniker Sucker Crush, and has performed nationally as a cellist, vocalist, guitarist, improviser, and electronic musician. Deitz is a recent recipient of an MFA in Electronic Music & Recording Media at Mills College, working with James Fei, Fred Frith and Pauline Oliveros. She also holds a BM in Music Composition from Columbia College Chicago, studying under composers Drew Baker and Marcos Balter.