Guidry graduated from the
Peabody Institute in 2018 with a bachelor's degree in bassoon performance, after which she participated in a fellowship at the
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. She earned a diploma from
Mannes School of Music the following year. In 2021, Guidry was awarded the
Berlin Prize for Young Artists for her
Radical Self-Love program. Her debut album,
Radical Acceptance, was released in February 2022. That year, she served on a panel of curators to select projects from new artists to be recorded on the
American Composers Forum innova Recordings label. Guidry is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in music at
University of California, San Diego. After touring with her dissertation project,
AMEN, a recording of the work will be released in May 2024.
Compositions ''Y'all don't wanna listen'' In 2020, the
National Sawdust Ensemble commissioned and premiered ''Y'all don't wanna listen'', a work by Guidry for cello,
alto flute, and violin.
A Prayer for Protection A Prayer for Protection, a work for seven
double basses, was commissioned by the
New World Symphony for 2021–2022 BLUE project bass fellows.
''This just don't make no sense'' Guidry's "mini-opera" for
soprano, double bass, and oboe, ''This just don't make sense'' was commissioned by the
Long Beach Opera for a virtual performance by the ensemble in November 2020.
''They know what they've done to us'' Titled after a 1968 quote from activist
Fannie Lou Hamer, ''They Know What They've Done To Us'' was commissioned by the I&I Foundation and premiered at the 2022
Lucerne Festival, where it was performed by trumpet player Aaron Akugbo and pianist Zeynep Özsuca. ==Personal life==