Esseance Gray

Program Coordinator & Teaching Artist

Esseance is a teaching artist in the Prison Electronic Music Program (PEMP)

Esseance aka DJ DeepTwerk is a Los Angeles based DJ who was born and raised in a multicultural family where she was exposed to a diverse array of sounds and cultures from an early age. Her upbringing became the ground from which her artistic identity blossomed. Drawing inspiration from her passion of philanthropic work, her aim to become a DJ  was to bridge cultural divides and create an atmosphere of unity through music. After her first North American tour with Awful Records, she was introduced to Give a Beat in 2019.  She strongly resonated with Give a Beat’s mission to empower those affected by the judicial system and has continued to work with the organization ever since first volunteering. Esseance is responsible for the coordination of all of our programs' attendance,  workshop reports and communications between teaching artists.