Electro-acoustic composer/performer/improviser and pioneer of experimental harp practice, Zeena Parkins re-imagines both the acoustic harp and an evolution of her original electric ones, using expanded playing techniques, object preparations, and custom...
The music of Mahir Cetiz is often characterized as atmospheric and deeply expressive, shaped by slow-unfolding forms, careful pacing, and immersive sound worlds that engage with memory, history, and continuity. Cetiz is an American-Turkish composer based...
Chicago-born composer, musician, and performance artist Timothy Page creates works that revolve around play with style and context, body, physical materials, and space. Page holds degrees from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland, where he...
Alto saxophonist, composer and educator Rudresh Mahanthappa is widely known as one of the premier voices in jazz of the 21st century. He has over 15 albums to his credit, including the acclaimed Bird Calls, which topped many critics’ best-of-year lists...
Celeste Oram is a composer & musician who grew up in Aotearoa New Zealand and now lives in New York City. Encompassing instrumental & orchestral music, song & speech, electronics, theatre, and improvisation, Celeste's works are scenarios in which music...
Sara Serpa is a Portuguese vocalist and composer whose music defies convention, blending jazz, chamber music, and experimental sound into a singular, emotionally resonant voice. Known for her pure tone, wordless singing, and fearless improvisation, Serpa...
Celebrated for his “waves of colorful sounds” (New York Times) and “smart, appealing works” (The New Yorker), Robert Honstein (b. 1980) is a New York-based composer of orchestral, chamber, vocal, and film music.
Ensembles and performers that have...
The "spellbinding" (Washington Post) music of Chicago-based composer Paul Novak immerses listeners in shimmering and subtly crafted musical worlds full of color, motion, light, and magic. His recent projects engage with dreams and memory, queer identity...
Composer João Pedro Oliveira holds the Corwin Endowed Chair in Composition for the University of California at Santa Barbara. He completed a Ph.D. in Music at the University of New York at Stony Brook. His music includes opera, orchestral compositions...
Heather Frasch is a composer of acoustic and electroacoustic concert music, improviser, performer-composer (flute, laptop/electronics & sonic creations), collaborator and creator of interactive sound installations and DIY instruments. Her work brings...
