Nathan Davis, composer / electronics / percussion
Composer and percussionist Nathan Davis is a cofounder of the electroacoustic cello/percussion duo Odd Appetite and the sextet Non Sequitur, and performs new and traditional Balinese music with Gamelan Galak Tika. He has recorded solo and chamber works for the Bridge, Centaur, Cold Blue, and Karnatic Lab labels. Davis' music has been performed in the United States, the Netherlands, at the World Saxophone Congress in Montreal, Canada, and Festival de la Música Electroacoustica in Cuba. His work Diving Bell (2002) for triangle and processing was a winner of the 2003 ISCM Composers Competition ... (press kit)


Guillermo Gregorio, composer / clarinet
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1941, Guillermo Gregorio became an American citizen in 2003. With his Chicago-based trio and other ensembles, Gregorio has performed his own compositions in Europe and the US and has released several CDs. In addition, he has worked and recorded with various improvisational groups. In 2001, he founded the Madi Ensemble of Chicago, which performs original and historical scores that draw from the conceptual foundation of the 20th century Argentinian avant-garde. As a composer and improviser, Gregorio has collaborated with Vinko Globokar, Stephen Dembski, ... (press kit)


Ryan Ingebritsen, composer / electronics
Ryan Ingebritsen's music focuses on the multi-dimensional aspects of music and uses electronic media to expand the parameters of form into realms of space, and virtual time. He has performed and collaborated with the Cobra Ensemble of Cincinnati, We Can and We Must, Elbio Barilari's Global Warming, and in Marek Choloniewski's ongoing GPS-ART project- a global Internet project performed simultaneously from Krakow, Chicago, Luxembourg and various other locations across the globe. He has been commissioned by Choreographer Ginger Farley, ICE, Maverick Ensemble, and members of Eighth Blackbird. ... (press kit)


Christopher Preissing, composer / electronics / flute
Chicago-born composer Christopher Preissing is the founder and director of Is Performance Group, a multimedia collaborative performance ensemble, and is currently the Executive Director of the Chicago Composers Forum. He has received awards and commissions from the Jerome Foundation, Meet the Composer, Illinois Arts Council, Arts Midwest, American Composers Forum, Ruthmere Foundation, and Indiana Arts Commission. His music has been performed at DISCOVERIES XXXI in Scotland, SEAMUS National Conferences, International Electronic Music Plus Festival, Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival, ... (press kit)