Anna Homler is a vocal, visual and performance artist based in Los Angeles. She has performed and exhibited her work in venues around the world. With a sensibility that is both ancient and post-modern, Homler sings in an improvised melodic language. Her work explores alternative means of communication and the poetics of ordinary things. She […]
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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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Renko Ishida Dempster. a.k.a. Suiren (Water Lily), artist name given to her by her father, was born and brought up in San Francisco, California. She inherited Japanese aesthetics and Buddhist philosophy from her parents. Upon moving from San Francisco to Seattle, Renko engaged in formal art studies at the (now defunct) Factory of Visual Art […]
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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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Andy Frankel is an event promoter who spent 20 years in the music industry developing African recording artists all over the world and doing record production. In 1989 Andy started Rakumi Arts, a Seattle-based non-profit organization that promoted the arts and culture of Africa. He also founded a record label called IndigiDisc which has issued […]
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Hank Bradley and Cathie Whitesides are traditional folk music masters. Hank’s Southern style fiddling began with time spent with Otis Burris and the Mountain Ramblers of Galax, VA in the ’60s. He is also adept on Greek bouzouki, Croatian tamburitsa, mandolin, guitar, and banjo. His Poison Coyote Kid LP began his reputation as song and […]
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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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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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