Tara Khozein is a soprano who makes concert music and theater. She was born in Ecuador to a mixed Iranian-American family, and has lived, studied, and worked across the US and Europe. As a multidisciplinary performer, she explores the intersections of classical and experimental singing, and physical theatre. She is also a musical director for theater and a performance director for musicians. tarakhozein.com

 

Carlos Santistevan is a bassist, sounds engineer, conductor, and organizer. Since 2001 he has helped establish an oasis of creative music in the high desert southwest as the director of the High Mayhem Emerging Arts collective based out of Santa Fe, NM. Using an upright bass and electronics he creates soundscapes and spontaneous compositions from the extremes of acoustic and electric music. Influences of punk and free jazz have led him to develop a unique approach to music and improvisation. He is quickly becoming recognized as one of the foremost preservers of the Conduction Lexicon developed by Butch Morris in his Folding Space Conduction Ensemble as he continues to cultivate this unique form of musical creation.

 

Marshall Trammell is an experimental archivist, percussionist, conductor, and composer. His aesthetics and activism are centered in social change interventions and generate new local and global ecologies that embrace improvisation as a collective, movement-building tool in the creation of post-capitalist imaginaries. Trammell’s work also uses political aesthetic theory, data creation, mapping, and collective music-and-artmaking in order to step out of the domain of traditional cultural institutions, relocating the act of co-production back in the community.

 

Marya Errin Jones is an interdisciplinary artist and playwright. She tells her stories using lo-fi puppetry, loop pedals, paper, fabric, photocopiers, and computers. Marya’s work has been developed and/or presented at HERE Arts Center, Brown University, Fylkingen, Dell’Arte International, The Overture Center for the Arts, Tricklock Company, All Children’s Theatre, Revolutions Theatre Festival, Gatas y Vatas, Titwrench, Buran Theatre Company, Mother Road Theatre Company, Wise Fool New Mexico, The Magdalena Project, and AS220. Marya is a member of the experimental performance troupe Milch de la Machina. Her published texts include, Visually Speaking: A Companion to Public Art in Albuquerque, and Unchaste Anthology Vol.3.

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David Forlano is a multi-disciplinary performance and visual artist. His commissioned sound design supported dance a theater throughout the 90’s in Philadelphia.  He was often found teaming with percussionist Toshi Makihara on many performances as well as their own collaborations in free improvisation.  After relocating to Santa Fe in 2005 he took a 10 year break from all performance and sound work. David is currently renewing his passion for collaboration in performance and sound. He currently holds regular sessions in his studio with local musicians and performs in a variety of ensembles.  David is one of the cofounders of sandboxmusic.org , a monthly series presenting new creative music to the Santa Fe area. The series is dedicated to providing a forum for music that utilizes creative new techniques, ranging from electronic, experimental acoustic, new jazz, modern classical, and more. The series will feature local musicians as well as touring artists.