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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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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Ife’s sound calls to mind artists such as Gregory Porter, Steve Arrington and Aloe Blacc. “Lilly’s intimate songwriting style and subtle arrangements combined with his intense yet broad vocal range make him a natural for adult progressive audiences. With the right producer he’s an international artist just waiting to happen,” says Tom Mehren of Sounds […]
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Dave Hollinden has composed extensively for percussion, and his music is widely performed in the US and overseas. He has a unique voice that speaks not only of his training in composition but also of his background in rock music and his affinity for rhythm and number. He has been the recipient of grants from […]
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Kevin Joyce is a singer/songwriter, actor, writer and director. He has toured Europe as a soloist with a Spanish Choir, composed music for Buffoons with UMO Ensemble, sang with Joan Baez in Teatro Zinzanni, and posted youtube videos singing upside-down with a face on his chin. Artist Support Program 1998
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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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Rick Garcia has been an artist and composer for over 25 years. Much of his work as a visual artist explores polyphony. His painting, primarily oils on wood panel, contain many layers of color, symbols and textured brush strokes in different tempo relationships. To Rick, painting, much like music, is a generative process that pulls […]
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Bass-Baritone Simon Cram received his vocal training from Marianne Weltmann. He has appeared in many Northwest productions. As the bass soloist for University Unitarian Church, Simon has performed extensive oratorio and cantata work; under the baton of Karen Thomas, he has sung works by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Faurè and Britten. In addition to his […]
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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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