Tim Root is a composer, performer and improviser based in Seattle, Washington. His work is unabashedly experimental and a focused attempt to move music from behind the stands and towards theatre. In 1985 he was a founding member of San Diego’s Sledgehammer Theatre, a relationship that continues to the present with the Sledgehammer’s recent commissioning […]
Categories:
Christopher Roberts is a composer and musician who draws from the classical, jazz, and Pacific Rim musical traditions. He studied music in New York at the Juilliard School, where he earned master’s and doctoral degrees in both composition and double bass. Following the focus and intensity of the conservatory environment, he shouldered his bass and […]
Categories:
Roberto Limón has performed extensively throughout Spain, Uruguay, Greece, Portugal, Germany, Korea, the Czech Republic, Russia, Lithuania, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, the United States, and México. As a concert soloist, he has appeared with the Leningrad State Chamber Orchestra; the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra; the Lithuanian and Czech Republic National Symphony Orchestra, and the San Antonio, […]
Categories:
Zach Stewart, aka Skiff Feldspar, is a guitarist, bassist, and songwriter from Seattle. He attended Cornish College of the Arts where he studied jazz guitar. Zach is a versatile musician who listens to and plays everything from hip hop to classic rock. He has toured throughout the US and Canada performing professionally for over 20 […]
Categories:
Saxophonist Eric BarberR (b. 1972) has been recognized as part of a generation of artists whose artistic voice and output defy categorization. His versatility, unique approach to the saxophone and artistic fearlessness have made him a regular collaborator with some of the most innovative and unconventional figures in new music today, including Nels Cline, Mark […]
Categories:
Seattle and Brooklyn-based Jessica Lurie is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser, performing on saxophones, flute, voice, accordion and electronics. She calls on a wide range of musical influences, including, funk, jazz, Americana, gospel, Klezmer, Balkan, Latin, and Afro-Cuban music, as well as a great love for free improvisation. She has performed at festivals, universities, […]
Categories:
Seattle-based guitarist Bill Horist has played on dozens of records and has performed throughout North and Central America, Europe and Japan; collaborating with numerous leading lights in a beguiling range of genres. Perhaps best known for his prepared guitar treatments, his work is widely regarded alongside masters like Fred Frith and Keith Rowe. He has […]
Categories:
Abel Rocha is a Mexico City-born folklorist, singer and multi-instrumentalist who performs music of Mexico, Venezuela, Peru, Chile and Argentina. He is a foundational member of groups including Trío Guadalevín. Correo Aereo, and Los Flacos and was recently the subject of the KCTS 9 Seattle Emmy-nominated documentary, Los Artistas. Artist Support Program 2024 (with Trio […]
Categories:
Till the Teeth is Sandesh Nagaraj and Jonathan Rodriguez. Till the Teeth is a Seattle based duo. Till the Teeth is an amalgamation of musical and non-musical experiences. 2024-25 New Media Gallery 2022-23 New Media Gallery (with Whitney Lynn and Barry Olusegun-Noble Despenza): Time Kills
Categories:
Athr (pronounced ah-ther) is an audio visual artist based in Seattle, WA. Working at the intersection of music, art, and technology Athr is a social activism empowered music project who makes music to empower marginalized communities. Their 2020 debut album Childhood’s End received critical acclaim from Seattle Met Magazine who described it as “industrial-futurist R&B/hip-hop […]
Categories:
Interested in working with Jack Straw as a resident artist, volunteer, teaching artist, or staff member?
|
Here you’ll find past podcasts from our Soundpages, Artist of the Week and Writers Programs. |
