Jules Gimbrone is a sonic/visual artist and composer who invests in the ways that an unstable subjectivity engages with social and internalized, cognitive technologies. The work synthesizes physical and sonic material, sensory perception, the physical body, electronics, and objects. As both a visual and sonic artist, Gimbrone works in a third space to produce synesthetic, hybrid content. They developed a rubric that they call Trans-Sensing. Trans-Sensing Modalities are methods that trans people—specifically those who identify as transgender, but also people whose subjectivity is unmoored or unrecognizable to the dominant culture—intuitively cultivate to navigate the world.

Gimbrone’s work has appeared at museums (Walker Art Center, MOMA PS1, The Rubin Museum, Socrates Sculpture Park), galleries (Bortolami, Klaus von Nichtssagend, Park View Gallery, Vox Populi), interdisciplinary spaces (Pioneer Works, Judson Church, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), and music venues (REDCAT, ISSUE Project Room, Spectrum).

Mexican-American violist/conductor, Alexander Peña (he/him), is a member of the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra and serves as Director of Orchestras at ‘Iolani School. Additionally, he  is a regular performer/clinician with the Hawaii Chamber Music Festival, University of Hawaii at Mānoa Music Department, Pacific Music Institute / Hawaii Youth Symphony, and Lakes Area Music Festival Orchestra. Peña earned an Arts Leadership Certificate, Robert Oppelt Viola Prize, Bachelor and Master of Music from the Eastman School of Music. Peña also received an Executive Graduate Certificate and the Global Humanitarian Entrepreneur Prize from the Hildegard Behrens Foundation as part of the Global Leaders Music Program.

Morgan-Paige Melbourne (she/they) is a Tkarón:to (Toronto, Canada)-based interdisciplinary artist. Many of her works included award-winning short film collaborations Bin Chicken with Toronto Dance Theatre, The Magic Wallet, Mission Sankofa, and “Where Do I Go?” with Tapestry Opera. Some of her commissioned work was shared at Suoni Per Il Popolo, sound art installation “My Ancestor Summons Me” at MOCA Toronto, Debaser Pique, the 21C Music Festival with the world premiere of her improvisational work “A Time to Exist” in Koerner Hall, a Wavelength Summer Thing opening for headliner horrorcore rapper Backxwash and featured on most recent album “His Happiness Shall Come First Even Though We Are Suffering”, co-composer with Benjamin Shapiro for Dora Award-winning Sex Dalmatian with Rock Bottom Movement, and an upcoming immersive animated VR and mixed media musical experience with re:Naissance Opera.

Ashley Shabankareh (she/they) is a musician, arts administrator, and music educator, and she serves as the Director of Operations and Programs for Trombone Shorty Foundation. Ashley has worked with numerous arts organizations in their career, including Preservation Hall Foundation, Artist Corps New Orleans, New Orleans Jazz Museum, New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, and Upbeat Academy. Ashley is a trombonist and vocalist and has performed with notable musicians including Aretha Franklin, Allen Toussaint, Jimmy Buffett, and Theresa Andersson, and in her own projects, Marina Orchestra, The Asylum Chorus, and Bra’s Band Brass Band.

Darian Donovan Thomas (he/him) is a Brooklyn based composer, multi-instrumentalist, and interdisciplinary artist. He is interested in combining genres into a singular vocabulary that can express ideas about intersectionality (of medium and identity). Necessarily, his work aims to redact all barriers to entry that have existed at the gates of any genre – this vocabulary of multiplicity will be intersectional, and therefore all-inclusive. He has received a Bachelors in Music Composition from The University of the Incarnate Word, and was a 2018 New Amsterdam Composer Lab Fellow, 2018 SoSI Composer Fellow, and 2019 Bang On A Can Composition Fellow. He is currently an Artistic Associate for New Amsterdam Records, and touring with Moses Sumney, Balùn, and Arooj Aftab.