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Wyatt Cannon is a composer and multimedia artist whose whimsical and eclectic work explores sound as a medium for long-form narratives inspired by evolution, astronomy, and spirituality. Blending technology, environmentalism, and metaphysical themes, he uses electronic media to connect listeners to the physical world. He is currently pursuing a Master of Music in Computer Music Composition at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music and holds a B.M. in Music Composition from the University of the Pacific. His music has been featured at SEAMUS and MOXSonic, performed by ensembles such as Earplay, Friction Quartet, ~Nois, and the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, and showcased in his EPs Ruminations (2023) and Digital Infinities (2025). Wyatt has received awards including the Pacific Bands Composer Commissioning Award and the SF Search Composition Competition, and has participated in festivals such as Fresh Inc, VIPA, and the Emerging Composers Intensive at Hidden Valley.
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Hector Torres, born in Southern California, is a Bay Area-based composer, performer, and teacher. He is focused on new and post-modern fusions of his classical training and improvisation exploration. His music has been performed by the Golden City Brass Quintet, ECHO Saxophone Quartet, and San Jose State University's Wind Ensemble. Outside of his writing, Hector is a founding member of the Golden City Brass Quintet, a new group focused on premiering new works, adapting existing repertoire for brass quintet, and community outreach. Hector is involved in teaching extracurricular music to students ages 4-10 in the San Jose and Campbell area
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Seessa is an indigenous transgender composer born and raised in Baltimore. He graduated summa cum laude at Ithaca College with a Bachelors in Music Composition. He now resides in Detroit, Michigan where he is a special education teacher, taking a break before pursuing higher education.
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Hsuan Chang Kitano is a producer, curator, and versatile keyboardist specializing in harpsichord, fortepiano, and piano. Her work integrates diverse cultural perspectives with historically informed performance, celebrating the improvisational traditions of 17th- to early 19th-century Europe and Asia. Recently, she has found her voice in fixed media, capturing the highs and lows of recent years.
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Brady Wolff, a Kansas City-native composer, blends morphing bodies of sound, intense rhythmic activity, and mathematical processes to create music capturing his fascination with our world. Brady's music combines a deep historical fluency with modern perspectives to create works that engage with themes of climate change, queer identity, and neurodiversity. Brady's music often delves into themes of discomfort, tension, and control, influenced by his experiences with Tourette syndrome.
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Equally inspired by science and spirituality, Hawkins (b. 1997) finds material in fluid dynamics, microbiology, modern hubris, and spiritual meditations. The inexplicable connections and creations possible in a subliminal mindset drive his compositional method. A composer, conductor, violist, vocalist, and visual artist, as well as an emerging performer and composer of electroacoustic music, Hawkins explores the extremes of musical density, often utilizing dramatic contrasts to find new paths toward catharsis. Hawkins has had works performed by chamber groups including the American Modern Ensemble, Mivos Quartet, the Momenta Quartet, the Neave Trio, the Walden School Players, and violinist Nigel Armstrong. His work has also been presented at the Brevard Music Festival, Mostly Modern Festival, Atlantic Music Festival, Alba Music Festival, and the Walden Creative Musician's Retreat. His song cycle Looking Up won third place in the American Prize professional division for vocal chamber music, and his orchestral piece Catalyst Nimbus was named in a group of top contenders for the 2022 American Composers Orchestra Earshot competition. Hawkins holds a BA in Music from Brown University and is pursuing a Masters in Composition and Computer Music at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, where he studies composition with Gabriel Jenk and electronic composition with Chi Wang and John Gibson. He previously studied with Eric Nathan, Wang Lu, Dalit Warshaw, and Rodney Lister.
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Jonah Cabral is a Bay Area based saxophonist from San Francisco, CA. He has been able to share the stage with highly respected musicians in both Jazz and Classical such as Carl Allen, Smith Dobson Jr, Nicholas Beard, Akira Tana, John Daversa, Andreas van Zoelen, Paul Cohen and many more. He has played throughout the world South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Slovakia and extensively throughout the United States. Jonah earned a Bachelor of Music from San Jose State University and a Masters from Fontys Conservatory in the Netherlands. During his studies he has performed in the top Jazz Ensembles, Wind Band, Orchestra and various formations of chamber music groups. Some of Jonah's awards consist of being one of winners in La Jolla Symphony's 2019 Young Artist Competition, a finalist Fremont Symphony's 2019 Young Artist Competition, Delta Symphony's 2019 Young Artist Competition and in the Northern American Saxophone Alliance 2018 National Competition. Jonah released his first album as a leader in 2022 recorded live at the highly acclaimed jazz club Paradox in the Netherlands. Jonah is currently a freelance musician. He is the soprano saxophonist of the Zēlos Saxophone Quartet.
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