Composer / Guitar / Voice
Portland Oregon

Licity Collins is a fearless, multidimensional artist whose work defies genre.

Described by NPR as “Courageous. Writing and singing full-frontal,” her music invites audiences to confront fear and embrace vulnerability. Blending folk intimacy with rock energy, classical complexities, and personal spoken prose, Licity’s music has been praised for its emotional depth and transformative power.

Licity’s visionary approach to music is deeply collaborative, boundary-pushing, and inventive. She gathers musicians from around the world to collaborate on her music in her SynchroLicity Collective, combining a pursuit of innovation with a deep care for each other. 

Licity recently received an Artist Facilitator Residency from the IFCC/Portland Parks, and RACC Arts 3C Grant. She composed music for the North Pole Studio Gala, and served on the BRAVO Committee of the Ojai New Classical Music Festival. She created the Rhode Island Women's Prison Theatre Project, was a founding co-artistic director of defunkt theatre and founding board member of Oregon Contemporary. 

Licity grew up in the cello section of the Washington DC Youth Orchestra and hears the world like a symphony. She has sung in 8 different languages, played piano, recorders, and saxophone, and now finds her home on the guitar. She holds a dual-concentration BA from Brown University and an MFA in Visual Art from Portland State University.