Timothy Hill began his musical life as a singer-songwriter, before branching out as a multi-instrumentalist and harmonic (overtone) singer. His explorations brought him into situations where he performed with John Cage, Bill Frisell, and Jeff Buckley, and recorded with Pete Seeger, Pauline Oliveros and Brad Mehldau, among others. He has recorded several albums of original […]
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Craig Flory is a composer and musician who plays saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, and flute. Artist Support Program 1994
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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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Brent Arnold, cellist and composer, studied with violinist Michael White (Pharoah Sanders, John Handy) and cellist Walter Grey (Kronos Quartet). Solo cello & electronics and music for concert, theater, film, dance. Founding member of Ghost Quartet with Dave Malloy, Gelsey Bell, and Brittain Ashford. Music Director & Conductor for Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe’s Candyman performances. […]
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Michael Bisio has been a member of the Matthew Shipp Trio since 2009. The trio has played Carnegie Hall, Newport Jazz Festival, and Sons di Hiver as well as most major festivals throughout North/South America and Europe. Since 2009 Michael has also been on faculty at Bennington College, VT. His latest collaboration with harmonic singer/acoustic […]
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Emmy-award winning composer/pianist Lynette Westendorf earned her doctorate in composition from the University of Washington. Her works for documentary film, modern dance, and the recital stage have been performed throughout the western US, in Canada, Spain and England. She has two symphony commissions to her credit, and has composed for choir, small ensemble and solo […]
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Jay Clayton is an internationally acclaimed vocalist, composer, and educator, whose work boldly spans the terrain between jazz and new music. Clayton’s pioneering vocal explorations placed her at the forefront of the free jazz movement and loft scene in the 1970s, where she counted among the first singers to incorporate poetry and electronics into her improvisations. […]
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Bert Wilson (1939-2013) was a jazz clarinetist and saxophonist. After spending time in New York and California in the 1960s and’70s, he moved to Olympia, Washington, where he led the group Rebirth, which included Nancy Curtis, Chuck Metcalf, Bob Myers, Jack Perciful, Chuck Stentz, and Allen Youngblood. Artist Support Program 1997 (with Rebirth and James Zitro): […]
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Jim Knapp (1939-2021), director of the Jim Knapp Orchestra, trumpet player, composer, and teacher, was born in Chicago, and received BA and MA degrees in Music Composition from the University of Illinois. From 1977 to 1986, Jim directed and performed with the Composers and Improvisors Orchestra, a jazz chamber orchestra that presented new work by […]
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Originally from New England, Fred Hoadley studied music at Hampshire College and Berklee College of Music, where his teachers included Jaki Byard, Vishnu Wood, and Charlie Banacos. He founded the Seattle salsa band Bochinche in 1983, produced the band’s first album, and founded the Seattle based Afro-Cuban Jazz band, Sonando, whose 1994, 1998, & 2006 […]
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