Huda Asfour

Huda Asfour

Huda embodies a rare fusion of musical artistry and cutting-edge biomedical engineering expertise. Her musical journey embarked at the tender age of 13, enrolling in conservatories in Tunisia and Palestine. These formative years paved the way for international collaborations that have defied geographical boundaries. Her albums, “Mars… Back and Forth” and “Kouni,” serve as testimonies to her ability to transcend genres, fearlessly delving into explorations of identity. They stand as a testament to her artistry, each track a mosaic of influences and experiences. Yet, Huda’s pursuits extend beyond performance and recording. She is a dedicated advocate for the advancement of … Continued

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Anaïs Maviel

Anaïs Maviel’s work as a vocalist, composer, percussionist and artistic director focuses on the function of art to address Relation. With sound, she intends to lay common grounds for utopian futures. Connecting intimacy and subconscious narratives with collective and large-scale principles, Anaïs navigates song, choral, instrumental music and staging with a strong connection to cosmologies of sound and speech rooted in oral traditions such as mantra and ring shout. With traditional and experimental approaches, she investigates the power of sound to shape reality. Anaïs cares for the stakes of hybridity in culture, working towards opening up the interstices between genres, … Continued

Jeremy Danneman

New York Sound painting Orchestra Musicians – Alto Saxophone

Jay Berckley

New York Sound painting Orchestra Musicians – Alto Saxophone

Brett Ryan

New York Sound painting Orchestra Musicians, Alto Saxophone

Carolina Oliveros

Carolina Oliveros is a singer and musician born in Barranquilla, Colombia, and now based in New York City. She performed the traditional music of the Colombian Caribbean coast with “Las Cantadoras del Rio,” investigating and researching the multitude of rhythms in the bailes cantados (sung dances) of the region, including bullerengue, tambora, gaita, and millo. In NYC she records, performs, and tours with groups she formed, including: “Carolina Oliveros y la Nacíon,” “Bulla en el Barrio” and “Combo Chimbita,” She is currently working on several new musical projects underlined by her indigenous and Afro-descendant musical roots.

John O’Brian

New York Sound painting Orchestra Musicians – Percussion

Mike Fortune

New York Sound painting Orchestra Musicians – Percussion

Alex Foote

New York Sound painting Orchestra Musicians – Guitar

Adam Caine

New York Sound painting Orchestra Musicians – Guitar

Jane Rigler

New York Sound painting Orchestra Musicians – Flute

Claude Debussy

Music for cokaseki: Tooboe (Howl) (U.S. Premiere) @ NYBF 2005

SUIT ( Nathan Howe and Roland Toledo )

SUIT: Nathan Howe and Roland Toledo moved to New York City to pursue music in 2000; it was not until 2002 that SUIT became the body from which three EPs have been released: Death March (2002), Mas Touching/Ninfa (2003), and Pang OS (2004), also three sound colages, KM (2003) KM 2(2004) and KM 3(2006).

Gil Selinger

Gil Selinger: Cellist Composer Soundpainting Conductor Improviser As a cellist, Gil’s background is in Classical Jazz, and Free Improvisation, all of which he has merged into a style called Classical Improvisation He has appeared in every major music space in New York City including Lincoln Center, Tonic, the Knitting Factory and others. Gil has also appeared on tour throughout Europe, the U.S., Australia and New Zealand.

Lily Maase

Lily Masase is a part of New York Sound painting Orchestra Musicians (Guitar)

Eric John Eigner

New York Sound painting Orchestra Musicians – Percussion/Clarinet

Steve Miller

Steve Miller is a Seattle-based musician, sound collector and visual artist. He is a member of Gamelan Pacifica, Audiofile Collective ,and a former member of Tchkung.

Benjamin Marcantoni

Benjamin Marcantoni was an opera singer in New York Butoh Festival 2003 with an extraordinary vocal and emotional range. Trained in music from an early age, he has a wide variety of stage experience, having performed in venues all over the USA and the Caribbean. He has been active as a singer/songwriter, arranger and stage performer since his arrival in New York City in late 1999. He has also garnered credits as teacher, poet, writer, and graphic designer. Benjamin is the co-founder of the post-alternative rock ensemble Tara’s Road, and was active in the city’s music scene.

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Triumphant Trumpet

A trumpet is a musical instrument. It is the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments,[1] dating back to at least 1500 BC. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a “buzzing” sound that starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the instrument. Since the late 15th century they have primarily been constructed of brass tubing, usually bent twice into a rounded oblong shape. There are several types of trumpet. The most common is a transposing instrument pitched in B♭ with a tubing length of about 148 cm. … Continued

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Indie Music Production

The term indie rock, which comes from “independent,” describes the small and relatively low-budget labels on which it is released and the do-it-yourself attitude of the bands and artists involved. Although distribution deals are often struck with major corporate companies, these labels and the bands they host have attempted to retain their autonomy, leaving them free to explore sounds, emotions and subjects of limited appeal to large, mainstream audiences. The influences and styles of the artists have been extremely diverse, including punk, psychedelia, rock and country. The terms “alternative rock” and “indie rock” were used interchangeably in the 1980s, but … Continued

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Clubbing As Subculture

Roots of clubbing are in disco wave in 1970s, but developing begun in 1980s with evolution of DJ-ing and raves. The subculture took shape in the late 1980s and early 1990s at underground rave parties in the U.S. and London (Reynolds 1998). Numerous social changes have, however, occurred since then to transform this subculture into a mainstream movement, youth-oriented lifestyle and global activity (see Bennett 2001, Reynolds 1998; Hill 2002).From the beginning, clubbing, while it was more rave subculture, has involved mostly younger people between 16 and 25 years of age. A subculture emerged around raves, featuring an ethos of … Continued