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Roger Aldridge

Born in 1946 in Kansas City, MO, Roger Aldridge discovered jazz as a child thanks to his mother’s collection of big band recordings. Roger started on alto saxophone when he was 9 and developed an interest in composition in his early teens. This led him to study composition & arranging at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. At Berklee, Roger studied jazz composition with Herb Pomeroy and Charlie Mariano, classical composition with William Maloof and John Bavicchi, and woodwinds with Joe Viola. Afterwards, he studied composition with Dr. Robert Wykes, Dr. Stephanie Owen, and Dr

Ron Jones

For over 37 years, Ron Jones has dedicated himself to the art of craft of composing. Most of his creative work has involved scoring music for TV and Film projects, produced by both major Hollywood studios and independent productions companies. After getting his degree in music composition and music theory, Ron moved directly to Los Angeles, in order to study at the famous Dick Grove School of Music. What attracted Ron’s attention was that all the teachers were successful professional musicians, arrangers and composers who where actively involved in creating music for recording artist, TV and film and other real world music areas

Kyle Saulnier

Musical polymath Kyle Saulnier fuses the American musical vocabulary with modern orchestral techniques and industrial rock muscle. WNYC has called his music "lush and inventive," and Downbeat Magazine referred to it as “a Great American Songbook of another order." His compositions and arrangements have been performed nationally and internationally by the Awakening Orchestra, the Metropole Orkest, Jon Irabagon, the Westerlies, WeatherVest, Osso String Quartet, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Saturn People’s Sound Collective, TURNmusic, and the Champlain Philharmonic Orchestra. Kyle has also scored for National Geographic Television and orchestrated for the independent film Nude Tuesday.

Russ Kaplan

Born: August 17, 1978

Russ Kaplan is a musical storyteller. A creatively restless composer and versatile keyboardist, his diverse musical obsessions have led him through the worlds of jazz, rock, and theatre music.

A recent transplant to the Twin Cities of Minnesota, Russ is continuing to explore his obsessions with world music, indie rock, and modal improvisation. His newest project is a trio with local luminaries Jeremy Ylvisaker (guitar) and Marcus Wise (tabla).

Previously, Russ resided in central Florida for a year, where he found inspiration with the abundant and fascinating wildlife. The result was the album Lake Songs, his first foray into thru-composed solo piano chamber music.

Kevin Kappler

Born: August 23, 1974

The Registered and Original Bright and Poetic Musical Compositions By Kevin Micheal Kappler. A musical journey of light,sound, and heartfelt vocal landscapes. As composed by Kevin Micheal Kappler (Born August 23rd, 1974) is an American Composer, Actor, and Vocalist. He is known for his “free-Style” “Alternative Country” Style Music (such as, “Altered Sensorium(The Feeling Winds”) and as a Sound-Loop/Electronic Music Dance Artist (as best demonstrated in his “Techno Blunders/Movie Soundtracks/” “Biotechinae” Compositions Albums”). Altered Sensorium is a unique Freestyle Poetic Alternative Country Sound that is in a Genre all of it's own

Ben Cottrell

I'm a saxophonist, composer and producer based in Manchester, UK. I direct the Beats & Pieces Big Band and co-run Efpi Records, an independent label and umbrella organisation promoting the activities of an emerging generation of musicians based across the UK and Scandinavia.

James Witherite

Born: May 7, 1986

Jeff Holmes

Pianist, composer, arranger and trumpeter Jeff Holmes was born in 1955, grew up in Lynnfield MA, and earned degrees from the Eastman School of Music where he studied with Rayburn Wright and Bill Dobbins, among others. Holmes is a nationally published and commissioned composer/arranger (B.M.I.), and a multiple recipient of National Endowment For The Arts Jazz Composition Grants. He has written music for John Abercrombie, Ernie Watts, Max Roach, Chris Vadala, Doc Severinsen, Paul Winter, Sheila Jordan, Yusef Lateef, Rufus Reid, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Jack’s Mannequin, and the Big Apple Circus, as well as numerous works for professional, military, collegiate, high school and junior high jazz, concert, and marching ensembles. He has performed around the world including Russia, Japan, and Australia, and was a featured artist on the Jazz at the Kennedy Center series in Washington D.C with the Billy Taylor Trio

Dorian Wallace

Born: November 17, 1985

Dorian Wallace is a renowned composer, pianist, and music therapist known for his impressive improvisational skills, versatile style, and unyielding commitment to sociopolitical causes. He has collaborated with numerous artists such as Paul Pinto, Bonita Oliver, John Sanborn, Nicholas Finch, Charlotte Mundy, Pamela Z, and Frank London. Dorian has also provided his musical services to political figures like Jarvis Tyner, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Gerald Horne, Blade Nzimande, and Sing In Solidarity.

Apart from his work in composition and performance, Dorian has also served as a music therapist and mindfulness teacher at Rikers Island

Brian McCorkle

Born: July 19, 1985

Brian McCorkle is a composer, sound artist, and musician. He is the Co-Director of the Panoply Performance Laboratory (panoplylab.org), creating interdisciplinary work that operates in performance art, music, and experimental theatre fields. As PPL, Brian has composed the operas On the Cranial Nerves of Barbarians (Dixon Place, ABC No Rio, The Manhattan Theatre Source and elsewhere), The Last Dreams of Helene Weigel or How to Get Rid of The Feminism Once and For All (ABC No Rio, Surreal Estate, Cabinet Magazine Event Space and over PostTV), Institute_Institut (LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, the cell) and incidental and interactive music, sound design, and technological set-ups for other projects like The Silviculture Museum (chashama installation with Pine Thumbs sound software) and Calmly Engaged (Flux Factory and Wilderness Gallery). Brian has also been part of PPL's collaboration with new music ensemble thingNY to create TIME: A Complete Explanation in Three Parts (The Brick Theater) and Brian's projects with PPL have also been a part of SUPERFRONT's Public Summer at Industry City, BOB the Pavilion at Columbia University, the BABEL exhibition in a QMAD pop-up gallery, and FIGMENT on Governor's Island. With PPL, he has been the beneficiary of Swing Space from LMCC (14 Wall Street for Workforce/Forced Work), two residencies through chashama, the LAB Residency at LPAC, and currently, a residency through Performance Project at University Settlement through which he is working on the new opera NATURE FETISH.