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Cameron Church is a composer, a performer, and a sound artist. In his exploration of music and performance art, Cameron often performs as a pianist, percussionist, laptopist, and much more. He enjoys using his background in mathematics and computer science to write music which is built around complex systems of interaction between performers. While he loves writing music on his own, Cameron’s favorite part of composing is working with fellow performers and composers where he can engage with other creative minds to make something exciting to perform. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with artists and groups including Ben Giroux, Ensemble Dal Niente, Nadia Sirota, the Neave Trio, the Peabody Symphony Orchestra, the Piedmont Duo, Popebama, and many more. He also organized the Compose on the Clock festival at the Peabody Institute as well as cofounded the DEX Digital Sound Library and the Critical Error Ensemble. Cameron graduated with his M.M. in Music Composition at Peabody studying under Oscar Bettison, Felipe Lara, and Sky Macklay.

Dogmaticka is a duo formed in the fall of 2024, it focuses on the use of the Pulsar Synth and Acoustic Drumset. Experimental and at times club like, Dogmaticka uses a drastic change in pitch, tempo, and feeling. Exodus Moreno and Matthew Haramia create different soundscapes for different feelings. Matthew lays down the beats, feeling, and tempo and Exodus lays down the electric synth lines that are metallic and sliding.

This is a Tangible Space is an autistic multimedia project. It platforms discourse on autism, neurodivergence, disability, and systemic/interpersonal ableism depicted through personal, lived experience. The audiovisual language comes from my synesthetic and often overwhelming relationship with my senses, calmed through deliberate grounding. Motion and sensation are colored with sound and visuals, and the things I hear/see have synesthetic relationships of their own. By sharing these thoughts as they are abstractly presented to me in my own bodymind, I’m conveying the experiences which a lack of understanding of autism through existing discourse & rhetoric fail to meaningfully or accurately identify. In live settings the shows may exist as traditional live performances or standalone installations depending on the needs of the venue as well as my own level of overstimulation.

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CREATIVE CODER, COMPOSER,

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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, DEX DIGITAL SAMPLE LIBRARY

Sebastian Suarez-Solis (b. 1999) is a Baltimore-based sonic and visual artist whose works range from musical compositions to prints, installations and performances. Their works are varied, their artistic philosophy is singular: they seek to disseminate new modes of thought across many art forms, treating all mediums as one vehicle for expression. As such, while their works are undoubtedly musical in their sound, they are visually more suited to the print, the page, or the gallery. With a heavy focus on improvisation and intuitive action, Sebastian often creates works accessible to untrained artists, as in Pieces for Pi Ensemble (2021). Sebastian's oeuvre is to explore the gamut of human emotion, especially through the lenses of mental health, metaphysics, identity and culture, philosophical arguments, love and sexuality, and power and oppression. "There is, within the minutiae of human behavior, a universality that binds us together that I find so fascinating exploring through artistry."

As a queer Latinx composer, Sebastian is a staunch fighter for representation of underrepresented peoples and intersections thereof. As well, as an artist who happens to suffer from mental illness, they often make pieces related to mental health struggles and unique experiences they would want to see represented and recorded. It is those very struggles they use to derive their musical style – heavy contrast, extreme forms, a reckless abandon. An avid collaborator, Sebastian has premiered works across the United States, South America, and Europe.

As a performer, they play, improvise, and experiment on drum set, vibraphone, amplified bass viola da gamba, prepared guitar, harpsichord, laptop, and just as much anything they can get their hands on… They are one-fifth of Critical Error, a new music chamber quintet focusing on electroacoustic instruments, game and theater pieces, and spectral improvisation. Established in 2021 at the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, members Cameron Church, Andrew Faulkenberry, Michael Mills, Mary Price, and Sebastian Suarez-Solis create other-worldly and multi-faceted soundworlds from concepts like tabletop board games (either conceptually or through physical usage of the game as musical instrument or score), sonic phenomena, mathematical axioms, political theory, both as performers and composers.

Sebastian is currently at the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, where they are the 2022-2023 Richard Dragon, Louis Cheslock, and Philip D. Glass named scholar; in their Masters studies in Music Composition under Sky Macklay and Oscar Bettison, they have worked with ensembles like Parker Quartet, Mivos Quartet, Ensemble Dal Niente, Alexandre Ribeiro, Michael Hernandez of MANA Quartet, Trio Immersio, Estrella Consort, TORCH Collective, among other groups and personal commissions.

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Paul Yorke (he/him) is a freelance percussionist and educator based in Central Florida. Previously, he served as the inaugural Percussion Ensemble Director at The Florida Symphony Youth Orchestras. As a performer, Yorke has showcased his talents in solo, chamber, and large ensemble settings with esteemed groups such as The Orlando Philharmonic, Brevard Symphony Orchestra, Bach Festival Society Orchestra, Space Coast Symphony Orchestra, Alterity Chamber Orchestra, Orlando Contemporary Chamber Orchestra, and Orlando Opera, among others. Notably, he was featured in the World Premiere of Will Ayer’s "O quam dulcis" (2022) with the Orlando Contemporary Chamber Orchestra and VoxO. Yorke frequently collaborates with student and pre-professional ensembles, including those at the University of Central Florida and the UCF Percussion Summer Institute. Additionally, he leads a growing studio of percussion students through private lessons.

Yorke earned a Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of Central Florida, where he studied under Thad Anderson, Kirk Gay, and Jeff Moore. During his time there, he performed with the university's new music ensemble, symphony orchestra, percussion ensemble, wind ensemble, and steel pan ensemble, contributing to the recording of albums with several of these groups. In addition to his musical studies, he served two terms as Vice President for the Collegiate Percussive Arts Society. Yorke has had the privilege of performing with numerous international artists, including Andrea Bocelli, John Kilkenny, Brian Zator, Andy Harnsberger, and more.

Yorke is particularly passionate about collaborating with living composers and has premiered works by esteemed artists such as Will Ayers and Alex Burtzos. Additionally, he formed the Florida Symphony Youth Orchestras percussion ensemble, furthering his commitment to fostering musical education and innovation.

Anant Shah is a creative audio specialist covering the fields of music production, film scoring, audio post, and immersive sound installation based in Los Angeles, California.

He is a multidisciplinary sound artist whose work is focussed around challenging the status quo of music presentation, and the intersection of cultural traditions with new audio technologies.

Anant is graduating from CalArts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Technology and a Minor in Digital Arts in 2024. During his time he studied extensively with the Film Video Sound Faculty, and the Technical Directors of the School of Music. He had the honor of studying with John Baffa - Grammy Award winning audio engineer - for all four years, who helped fortify a skill set that translates to high-level work in recording studios, and live events. Working on projects in both schools nurtured a fascination with multichannel sound formats, whether within the context of films, concerts, or new albums.

Anant also had a rare opportunity to pursue a second interest - world percussion and composition. While at CalArts Anant studied privately with renowned world percussionist Randy Gloss, Persian Multi-Instrumentalist Hooman Pourmedhi, experimental composer Eyvind Kang, Tabla Maestro Pandit Swapan Choudry, and Grammy-nominated Ustad Aashish Khan. Not only did Anant study the musical traditions of these masters, but also had ample opportunities to work as an audio engineer, leading to expertise in producing highly niche instruments. Anant has a keen interest in preserving, elevating, and reformatting how these ancient musical instruments are broadcast to the world.