Lisa Redfern With 11 solo recordings to her credit, award-winning singer and songwriter Lisa Redfern has opened for some of her favorites: The Roches, Dave Mallett, Livingston Taylor, Cindy Kallet and has shared duets with Pete Seeger. For 10 years she produced a popular "Songwriters in the Round Series" -…
Shadoe Heiple Shadoe is an Alutiiq and Tsimshian artist driven by her life purpose of connecting her community to the power and transformation found in song and heritage. With 15 years of musical experience as a singer, composer, drummer, and voice coach, she passionately embodies her mission. One manifestation of…
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer TWO-TIME GRAMMY® Award Winners, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer are an eclectic folk festival on their own terms. They have entertained the Queen of Thailand, been keynote singers for the AFL-CIO, performed at hundreds of folk festivals, appeared on the "Today Show" and on National…
Lia Uribe Dr. Lia Uribe is associate dean and professor of music at the University of Arkansas. She maintains an active career as a chamber musician, orchestral player, and teaching artist. She has been a guest artist in Colombia, Mexico, Spain, Bolivia, Canada, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Finland, Argentina, Panama,…
Kristen Grainger Kristen Grainger is a poet and performing songwriter living in the Pacific Northwest whose social justice songwriting has received national recognition for excellence. Her perspective reflects a career path that has twisted and forked a few times (she has served as a university vice president and also as…
Sariyah Idan Sariyah Idan is a New York bred and New Orleans based independent singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, poet, dancer, and educator. Jazz and folk trained, hip-hop educated, and influenced by both Latinx/Caribbean sounds and her Jewish roots, she is praised for her "ability to seamlessly combine a wide variety of disparate…
Andreína Maldonado Andreína Maldonado is a Venezuelan anthropologist, entrepreneur, and interdisciplinary artist based in San Francisco, California. With a passion for curating immersive experiences, she brings her multifaceted expertise to diverse settings, spanning corporate environments, theaters, bars, and site-specific performances. In 2021, Andreína founded BienStar Consulting, her own small business.…
Naomi Westwater Naomi Westwater (they/she) is a queer, Black-multiracial singer-songwriter from Massachusetts. Their work combines folk music, poetry, and spirituality. Their hope is that through ritual and storytelling they can aid nature in the end of capitalism and the return of community, creativity, and collective joy. Naomi holds a Master…
Nathan Sutter Nathan Sutter is a classical violinist and composer from Boise, Idaho. He has run the Sutter Suzuki Studio (SSS) violin program since 2006. The SSS is an anti-racist music school for students, their families, teachers and local performing artists dedicated to social change through financially accessible violin instruction…
Elijah Rock Elijah Rock is proud to announce his selection as an Atlantic Fellow with the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and Trinity College Dublin. Embarking on his one-year Fellowship in August 2023, Elijah's commitment to advancing dementia research through music, science,…
