Composer and multi-instrumentalist Paul Matthew Moore enjoys improvising, exploring new ideas, new creative practices, and interdisciplinary collaborations. Paul’s interests range from anthropology and astro/geophysics, to painting, philosophy, and zoology, including everything in between. Paul began accompanying dance classes while he was an undergraduate studying music composition in the College of Creative Studies at UCSB. Since […]
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Jai Kobi Kaleo’okalani is a Seattle-based guitarist, producer, and poet. Graduating in 2025 with a BM in Jazz and Improvised Music from the University of Washington, they studied with Steve Rodby, Cuong Vu, Ted Poor, and Kassa Overall. Often performing under the moniker BLUES.WEAVE, their genre-defying work seamlessly blends the sonic worlds of improvised Black […]
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An original Northwest artist with a PNW sound. Largely instrumental, Alec Estes’s music covers a broad range of moods. His current project will be looking at one of the waterways that provide Seattle with drinking water. He hopes to present that project in the winter of 2026. For now, put on some headphones and slip […]
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Briana Marela Lizárraga is a Peruvian American composer, vocalist, and performing artist that is currently based out of Oakland, CA. Raised in Seattle, WA she developed her songwriting first in the local music scene and then matured into her compositional and technological practice. She is inspired by Magical Realism and using her voice as a […]
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Bret Battey (b. 1967) creates electronic, acoustic, and multimedia concert works and installations, synthesizing diverse experience in music composition, computer programming and graphic design. A major focus in his work has been the crafting of integrated sound and image compositions. He has been a Fulbright Fellow to India and a MacDowell Colony Fellow and has […]
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Kevin J. O’Conner is a poet, editor, photographer, graphic designer, composer, and artist based in Bellingham, Washington. Artist Support Program 1994
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Jay Hamilton studied music composition at Fairhaven College on the campus of Western Washington University with Americole Biasini and Dr. E. LaBounty. He has attended the workshops of Kenneth Gaburo, David Mahler, Meredith Monk, Simone Forti, and Pauline Oliveros. He studied piano for 6 years, doublebass for 9 years, voice with Roger Nelson and Thomasa […]
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Eyvind Kang is a composer, violist, and conductor who has has released many acclaimed albums on labels such as Tzadik, Ipecac, Abduction and Ideologic Organ, as well as worked on hundreds of recordings as an instrumentalist and arranger. His compositions have been played by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the Winnipeg Symphony, the Seattle Chamber Players, MG_INC […]
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Ffej is an analog synthesist, songwriter and sound artist on the run from normality. His experimental songs and compositions defy description as does his multifaceted musical life. This longtime resident of Seattle, WA has been performing since 1992. As well as playing his own material solo, he has participated in a number of group projects […]
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Alex Keller is an audio artist, sound designer, curator and teacher based in Austin, Texas. His work is in the media of performance, installation, and recorded release, and reflects his interests in architecture, language, abstraction and music. He is an active audio production professional, has taught classes in media production at the Art Institute of […]
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