Tim Kennedy is a Seattle-based musician, producer, teacher, and composer. He can be found on any given night performing jazz, pop, country, and rock. A lifelong student of jazz, Tim has toured all over the world performing music. Tim has a passion for teaching music as well, and has taught and given clinics at the […]
Gretta Harley is a composer, performing musician, producer, recording artist, playwright, essay writer, and music educator. Named “One of the Fifty Women Who Rock” by the Seattle Weekly, Gretta has been making music in Seattle for over 30 years.
James Falzone is a clarinetist, composer, and improviser whose work in the jazz and creative music scenes has won him international acclaim. A veteran contemporary music lecturer and clinician, as well as an award-winning composer who has been commissioned by chamber ensembles, dance companies, choirs, and symphony orchestras around the globe, Falzone leads his own […]
Tom Baker is a composer, guitarist, improviser, and electronic musician who has been a leader in the Seattle new-music scene since arriving in 1994. He is the artistic director of the Seattle Composers’ Salon, co-founder of the Seattle EXperimental Opera (SEXO), and founder of the new-music recording label Present Sounds Recordings. Tom’s compositions have been […]
Dr. Kaley Lane Eaton’s work has been performed internationally in venues ranging from Hong Kong concert halls, to the streets of Skid Row in Los Angeles. Her “disconcertingly lovely” (Seattle Magazine) compositions are quickly gaining notoriety for combining innovative digital technology with ancient performance practices, questioning humanity’s growing dependence on technology and the resulting exploitation […]
Johnaye Kendrick is a 2-time Grammy® Award-winning vocalist, arranger, composer, orchestrator, and multi-instrumentalist whose work spans the boundaries of jazz, contemporary music, and original composition. Known for her breathtaking vocal artistry and innovative approach to arrangement, Johnaye creates music that is as thoughtful as it is captivating. Johnaye holds a Master of Music from Loyola University […]
Kelly Ash is a vocalist, songwriter, pianist, and music educator based in Seattle. Ash is actively performing as a contemporary and pop vocalist and bandleader, and creating innovative curricula for young contemporary vocalists, pianists, and songwriters who want to blend genres and find their own voice. Ash performs in the Seattle area and the Pacific […]
Seattle-based violist and composer Heather Bentley has trail-blazed a career as one of the West Coast’s most visible improvisatory musicians, specializing in creating evocative atmospheres and textures. Classically trained, she has shifted to an unabashedly experimental artistic output: As a performer, she can be seen performing on instruments like her electric seven string and five […]
Based in Seattle, Greg Campbell plays drums, percussion, French horn, and other instruments. He works in the broader jazz and classical traditions, performing with groups ranging from the Seattle Modern Orchestra to Wayne Horvitz’s Electric Circus, and with artists such as steel pan virtuoso Ray Holman, violist Eyvind Kang, Ali Birra, Vinny Golia, Lori Goldston, […]
Ray Larsen is a trumpeter, composer, improviser, producer, bandleader and educator whose work traverses jazz, improvised, folk, rock and contemporary chamber settings. He is based in Seattle, WA, USA. (photo by Steve Korn)