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Danity Pike (age 16) is a composer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She began piano at age seven and has since explored music as a space between poetry and composition. Her works, often shaped by storytelling and conceptual techniques, have been performed by ensembles including Network for New Music, Friction Quartet, and the International Contemporary Ensemble. A 2025 Lilley Fellow at the Episcopal Academy, she studies gender-marginalized composers with mentor Ryan Dankanich. During her Luna Lab Fellowship, she was mentored by Mari Esabel Valverde and presented her work at Carnegie Hall. Danity has also participated in Wildflower Composers, the Walden School, and GRAMMY Camp LA for songwriting.