Jill Cohen and The Radost Folk Ensemble are dedicated to the preservation of eastern European folklore, music, and dance. Their album Heirloom, produced through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program, documented instrumental and vocal music, including a Tamburitsa band playing Croatian choreographies, a traditional and modern-instrument Bulgarian band and women’s choir, and a string trio […]
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Trimpin is a German-born composer and sound artist who has lived and worked in Seattle since 1979. His sound sculptures, installations and set designs have been developed in collaboration with artists such as Merce Cunningham, Samuel Beckett, Conlon Nancarrow and the Kronos Quartet. His work has appeared at museums, galleries, and festivals across the Pacific Northwest. […]
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The Motherland Ensemble performed traditional klezmer, Romanian, and Turkish music. The members of the group were Paul Beck (cymbalon), Constantin Parvulescu (violin), Jason Munger (oud,clarinet), and Bill Moyer (percussion). Artist Support Program 1998 : Recorded several songs at Jack Straw including Ana el Owerka.
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Vicki is an active and passionate performer of all styles of music and plays all sizes of recorders. Her travels and performances have taken her across the United States as well as Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, England, Scotland and Germany. In the Pacific Northwest, Vicki is a returning soloist with the Seattle Baroque Orchestra and […]
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James Whetzel is a Seattle based sarod player, palm wine guitarist, beat maker, percussionist, composer, producer, recording engineer, teacher. Whetzel is a DJ for the International Fountain at Seattle Center and a part of Mean Deep with Deepayan Acharjya AKA Shree Dee. He also plays the guitar for palm wine group Who Is John Smith […]
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Jason Parker is a Seattle-based jazz trumpet player, educator and writer. His band, The Jason Parker Quartet, was hailed by Earshot Jazz as “The next generation of Seattle jazz.” Jason has been involved in the jazz world all his life, after a concert by Dizzy Gillespie at his elementary school prompted him to pick up […]
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John Osebold AKA Jose Bold is a Seattle-based musician. His musical Spidermann made a splash in New York in March and last month he received a Genius Award from The Stranger. Meanwhile, Osebold continues to perform with his band, Awesome and pumps out copious volumes of new work, including Seateeth, an experimental piece of theater […]
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Robert Millis is a founding member of Climax Golden Twins, Messenger Girls Trio, and AFCGT. Solo or in collaboration he has composed soundtracks, worked with choreographers, created sound installations and released numerous CDs and LPs, including the soundtrack to the horror film Session 9 (directed by Brad Anderson), the recent 120 on Etude Records, and […]
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Brian Cobb is an active composer, performer, and music educator who resides in Seattle, WA. Brian’s diverse composition catalogue includes music for voice, wind ensemble, orchestra, dance, film, electronic media, and numerous chamber settings (most recently a work for viola da gamba and harpsichord, …so simple a beginning… ). Brian’s most recent works include award […]
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Wu Ziying 吳自英 is a private student of many of the foremost Chinese guqin masters of the twentieth century. Of particular influence on his playing were the great guqin masters and teachers: Wang Jiru, Wu Jinglue, Zha Fuxi, Sun Zongpeng, Xu Lisun, and Gu Meigeng. Wu Ziying maintains a strong link to past masters in […]
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