Adam Fong

July 22, 2020

Adam Fong is an active composer, performer and producer of new music, and a community leader in arts and culture. He has helped build two innovative arts service organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area: Emerging Arts Professionals (Co-Founder 2008; Director 2011-14) is a network dedicated to the development and growth of next generation arts […]

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Count Constantin

July 22, 2020

Count Constantin is a violinist, composer, bow maker and luthier. The violin is the world’s most perfect amplifier. It can find ghosts from the past and receive signals from across the Cosmos. Count Constantin sees the strings of the violin as four mathematical lines, each of which contains an infinite number of points. As a […]

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The Morsel Trio

July 13, 2020

Morsel Trio is a new Seattle-based ensemble, comprised of young artists that have performed all over the United States. Made up of Emily Acri (violin), Chris Young (cello), and Steven Damouni (piano), Morsel Trio is dedicated to creating programs combining traditional repertoire with works of living composers. The trio believes in the importance of including […]

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Leanna Keith

July 13, 2020

A freelance flutist, improviser, and composer in the Seattle area, Leanna Keith delights in creating sound experiences that make audiences laugh, cry, and say: “I didn’t know the flute could do that!” Leanna is dedicated to playing music by composers who are still living, and advocates for the usage of music as social activism. Her […]

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entr’acte

July 13, 2020

entr’acte is a violin and piano duo consisting of Luke Fitzpatrick and Laure Struber. As a violin and piano duo, they have performed the Complete Sonatas by Johannes Brahms, Sonatas by Ravel, Mozart, Franck, and Shostakovich, as well as works by Arvo Pärt, Benjamin Britten, John Adams, and Luigi Dallapiccola. Artist Support Program 2020: Production […]

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Kaley Lane Eaton

July 13, 2020

A conservatory-trained classical pianist and vocalist who fell into creating electronic music shortly after a stint playing Baroque lute, Kaley Lane Eaton’s music is colored by this eclecticism, expressing a preoccupation with harmony, improvisation, storytelling, emotion, physical gesture, and vocal virtuosity. Her work has been performed across the US and internationally, in venues ranging from […]

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Jeffrey Moidel

July 13, 2020

Jeffrey Moidel’s song cycle Neruda Love Sonnets received “First Place for the Nation: USA” representing Washington State in the International Ravel Composition Competition held in Bergamo, Italy in 2015 and was advanced to the Semi-Finals. His song, “And now you’re mine . . .” was singled out by the NATS Art Song Composition Award panel […]

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Randy Hathaway

July 13, 2020

Randy Hathaway released a double CD of his compositions, Classical Guitar In America, which has received international reviews and generous radio play across the US, Canada and UK.  He was the co-founder and director of the Seattle School of Music and graduate of Cornish College of the Arts.  Randy resides in Yakima Washington. Randy, classical […]

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Peter Colclasure

July 13, 2020

Peter Colclasure graduated with a degree in piano performance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2004, before going on to spend a decade touring, recording, and performing with various bands. He lived in Seattle from 2007 to 2012, where he became involved in dance accompaniment, playing piano and writing music for Dance Fremont, Spectrum Ballet, […]

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William O. Smith (aka Bill Smith)

March 31, 2020

Clarinetist and composer William O. Smith died in 2020 after a long and fruitful career, ranging from playing – as Bill Smith – with Dave Brubeck to performing and composing his own pioneering modern classical work. Bill was a longtime friend of Jack Straw and produced a number of projects here, including his 2001 album […]

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