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Louise S. Roy

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Elsa Nilsson

Born: February 16, 1987

For the past decade, flutist, composer and band leader Elsa Nilsson has explored unlikely connections among tendencies of human nature, contradiction and pluralism and the natural world. A conceptualist from every angle, the Gothenburg native left Sweden for Seattle in 2005 before settling in Brooklyn in 2010. Her breadth of work engages urgency, high-level improvising and layered, cinematic orchestration; her artistry, an earnest and actionable desire to collaborate with multimodal artists and the changing world around her.

A lifelong scholar, Elsa approaches each new project with curiosity and inquiry. She allows kernels of an idea to alter and develop her perspective. Her openness and refinement have prompted collaboration — often leading to recordings — with a roster of visionaries, including Jon Cowherd, Chris Morrissey, Karl Berger, Robert Dick, Jamie Baum, Jessica Lurie, Rodrigo Recabarren, Marty Kenney, Santiago Leibson, Mark Ferber, Sebastian Noelle, Tina Raymond, Emma Dayhuff, the CMS improvisers Orchestra, Vinny Golia, Brad Shepik, Jovino Santos Neto, Chuck Deardorf, Jim Knapp and Bill Frisell through the CMA Performance Plus grant with Dawn Clement. Listeners gravitate to Elsa’s sound for its truthful searching, moment to moment, within its athleticism and lyrical pulse. She has appeared across the U.S. and internationally at Nefertiti Jazz Club and Victoriateatern (Sweden), Winter Jazzfest, Earshot Jazz Festival, Recoleta International Jazz Festival, Mount Hood Jazz Festival, Aarhus Jazz Festival, Nublu Jazz Festival, National Sawdust, Blue Note Jazz Club, Cornelia Street Cafe, 55 Bar, Bar Bayeux, The Owl Music Parlor, Shapeshifter Lab, Roulette, Rockwood Music Hall, The Jazz Loft, The Nash (Arizona), Constellations (Chicago), Cliff Bell’s (Detroit), Cafe Coda (Wisconsin),  The Blue Room (Kansas City, Missouri), The Black Cat (San Francisco) and Libretto (California). 

Monica Williams

COPUS is a world beat ensemble that presents conscious lyrics and beautiful melodies for the intelligent listener. Formed by poet Royal Kent and composer Wendy Loomis in 1999, the group has performed at clubs, theaters, and festivals in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Nashville, and Atlanta. Flutist Monica Williams, bass player Patrick Mahon and guest percussionists round out the group. The group has released CD “Later Than You Think”, single ‘The Fool”, trilogy “Jah Provide” and is currently working on their next full-length recording. “COPUS could become legendary if given the opportunity to thrive!” ~Michael Allison, MusicDish.com www.copuscatalog.com Comprised of Eastman alumna flutist Monica Williams and composer/pianist Wendy Loomis, PHOENIX RISING are creators of soundscapes who have been creating a buzz in the new age and healing arts communities

Stefano Leonardi

Born: November 25, 1978

He began playing the flute at the age of eight, receiving a classical training.  From 2005 to 2008 he studied with Stefano Benini and Geoff Warren. Self-taught on jazz flute, his first recording was in 2008 with Matteo Turella, Paolo Ghetti and Carlo Alberto Canevali – “E-Ray”  for Splasc(H) Records. In 2010 he released “Moiré” (Nu Bop Records) with Flut3ibe, a sextet that includes three flutes (Stefano Benini, Michele Gori, Stefano Leonardi) and rhythm section (Matteo Turella, Enrico Terragnoli, Nicola Stranieri), open to free improvisation, imaginary folklore and elaboration of jazz standards. 2014 marks the release of his first album with Stefano Pastor, Fridolin Blumer and Heinz Geisser on Leo Records, “Conversations About Thomas Chapin”. As an improviser and performer, he is often on stage and plays topical and new music, focusing especially on improvised music. His major inspirations are black american music, european classical music and various folk musics.

Krzysztof Popek

Born: January 27, 1957

KRZYSZTOF POPEK is a leading Polish jazz flute player topping the jazz rankings of the Jazz Forum monthly (The European Jazz Magazine) for many years. He started off as a jazz musician at Jazz Juniors ’82 and Jazz Nad Odra ’85 festivals winning individual awards at both. He plays the soprano and alto flute. Besides, he is a composer, arranger and inspirational leader of his numerous bands of which “Young Power” stands out as the most renowned and popular. The album “Letters and Leaves” also proved to be a success. It was recorded by KRZYSZTOF POPEK QUINTET and was nominated for the Polish Grammy Award – Fryderyk ’96 and came second in Jazz Forum’s Album of the Year ’96 ranking. In 2005 he recorded important "House of Jade" with a magnificen tAmerican rhythm section: Victor Lewis, David Friesen and Randy Porter.-" Popek is a precise player with beautiful technique..

Hadar Noiberg

Born: September 18, 1982

Hadar Noiberg, flutist, composer and arranger, was born and raised in Israel and is currently living in New York City. She attended the music department of Kiriat Sharet high school in Holon, Israel and is about to earn her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the City College of New York. Throughout her years in Israel, Hadar studied flute with Prof. Uri Shoham and Mr. Yossi Arnheim (current principal flutist of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra) and composition with Mr. Slava Ganelin. Hadar studied composition and orchestration with Mr. David Del-Tredici and has also been taking private lessons with composers Tamar Muskal and Prof

Leslie Burrs

Leslie Savoy Burrs has captivated audiences across the United States and Europe with his exciting, distinctive sound -- an inspired combination of classical virtuosity and dazzling improvisation. He has appeared as guest soloist and composer with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Baltimore, Atlanta, Louisville, New Jersey and Richmond Symphonies. In addition, his performances with the Duke Ellington Band, The Philly Pops and the Moers Jazz Festival in Germany distinguish him as an artist of great depth and versatility. Acclaimed as an award-winning performer, composer and educator, Mr. Burrs has many commissions to his credit, one, of which resulted in a new American opera entitled Vanqui (with internationally renowned author, John A

Günter Wehinger

Günter Wehinger, born in Austria where he earned a conservatory degree in 1982, subsequently moved to the USA in 1987 to study with the great James Newton in Los Angeles. After a two year period in San Francisco, he returned to Europe. He dove into a musical career that has included both jazz and classical performances as well as intensive teaching duties (music universities of Zürich and Basel). Wehinger‘s flute ranges from pristine and romantic lyricism to hair-raising multiphonics, screames and groans. His albums „As Promised“ 1993 and „Cry Flute“ 1995 were recorded in New York with top players such as Peter Madsen, Michael Cain, Anthony Cox and Pheeroan Aklaff

Jef Kearns

www.jefkearns.com A new voice has entered the urban music scene:the flute. Jef Kearns, soul flautist, is transforming the reputation of the instrument from band geek to urban chic through his signature flute sounds and urban sense of style. Tom Coyne (mastering engineer for Michael Jackson, Ne-Yo, Sade, Beyonce, and countless others) says, “His compositions and beats are both really strong. Beautiful flute performance on really good quality pop music. Not only the smooth Jazz listeners, but also R&B music fans would enjoy his songs.” Consisting of all original tracks, Jef’s debut album On the Level unleashes a quiet storm of flute-focused R’n’B grooves that cross genres from modern soul to hip-hop to classic Motown

Stelios Romaliadis

Born: April 10, 1981

Stelios Romaliadis was born on 10th of April 1981 in Athens. He studied flute mainly with Sofia Mavrogenidou and he is very happy about it! He is a member of Yellow Elephant Ensemble. His first solo album (Distress Signal Code) under the name of Lüüp is released from the French label MUSEA RECORDS featuring many special guests as: David Jackson (ex-Van Der Graaf Generator / Peter Hammill): tenor, alto & soprano saxophones, flute, loops Lisa Isaksson (Lisa O Piu / Piu): vocals, acoustic guitar, flute, glockenspiel, percussion Akis Boyatzis (Sigmatropic): vocals, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, electronics Eleni Adamopoulou (Magnitophono / Manekinekod): vocals, keyboards, samples Nikos Fokas (Yellow Elephant Ensemble / Common Sense): mellotron, keyboards