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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The Black Cat Orchestra (horn player Don Crevie, cellist Lori Goldston, saxophonist Scott Granlund, accordion player Kyle Hanson, vocalist Jessika Kenney, drummer Emily Marsh, and double bassist Jeff Teitelbaum) was formed in Seattle in 1991. Their repertoire spans a wide range of styles, including music from Eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia as well as […]
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Originally from New England, Fred Hoadley studied music at Hampshire College and Berklee College of Music, where his teachers included Jaki Byard, Vishnu Wood, and Charlie Banacos. He founded the Seattle salsa band Bochinche in 1983, produced the band’s first album, and founded the Seattle based Afro-Cuban Jazz band, Sonando, whose 1994, 1998, & 2006 […]
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Laura Kaminsky is an award-winning American composer, producer of musical and multidisciplinary cultural events, and educator. From 1999 to 2004, she served as chair of the music department at the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle. She has received national recognition for her innovative cultural programming and has held posts at several prestigious institutions, […]
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Singer/pianist/composer Carolyn Graye has performed in West Coast clubs, concerts and theatres since 1976. Locally, she has appeared at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Bumbershoot, the Bellevue Jazz Festival, the West Seattle Jazz Festival, Earshot’s New City Series and A Contemporary Theatre (ACT.) She lived in Prague (1997-1998) and performed at festivals and clubs throughout the Czech […]
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Bob Edgerton (1935-2020) was a scientist, teacher, and musician. He loved singing and played many instruments including the Sousaphone, banjo, recorders, clarinet, and tenor sax. He took up the cello at age 52 and his passion for classical music fueled many friendships in the Seattle chamber music scene. Artist Support Program 2000
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