
Born in Toronto, Canada, Keilan Aplin-Siegel has found herself deeply entwined in traditional American fiddle music. Her first exposure to traditional music was in high school, when she began learning banjo from a local instructor in Toronto. Fiddle music has largely driven her trajectory since then: following high school she performed in various folk bands/duos in Dawson City, Toronto, and Montreal, and spent a year studying Norwegian fiddle music in Rauland, Norway. After relocating to the Southern US four years ago, she has been teaching and performing in Western North Carolina and Eastern
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Carson McHaney is a versatile violinist and composer who explores the intersections of Classical music, Irish music, American Roots music, and many other genres. He has a deep love for collaborative music making and crafting emotive and narrative arrangements/compositions with his two projects: Saltare, an ensemble dedicated to exploring dance-focused music, and High Horse, a progressive-acoustic string band pushing the boundaries of tradition.
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Ricardo Guerra is a Cuban-American drummer/percussionist, composer, and educator based in Miami, FL. Most recently, he started a Master's degree in performance at Global Jazz Institute at Berklee, where he has had the opportunity of studying with Danilo Perez, John Patitucci, and Kris Davis, among others. Ricardo's teaching experience includes over 20 private students in his studio at a time, as well as work with non-profit organizations in Miami and virtual teaching in Panama and Costa Rica.
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Chase Elodia is a drummer and composer whose debut album, “Space Between,” was released in July 2020. He has performed in Austria, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greece, Jordan, Netherlands, Switzerland, and across the United States. He holds a BA in English and a BM in Music from Oberlin Conservatory, an MM from Berklee College of Music, and an Artist Diploma from Musik Akademie Basel. As a teacher, he has worked with students of all levels and abilities for over 10 years, and has had his virtual teaching featured in Drum! Magazine.
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Garrett Rose is a composer that takes his backgrounds as a large-ensemble arranger, world-folk-music lover, and rock-band songwriter (for his band, Standby) to create curious and unexplored worlds for podcasts, games, and other media.
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