Danniel Ribeiro is a Brazilian composer from Bahia. His compositional practice is driven by research and creative exploration, with a focus on exploratory instrumental writing and improvised performances supported by emerging technologies and informed by investigations into identity and multiculturalism.

George Papajohn (b. 1998 Milwaukee) is a composer and instrumentalist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. His recent work engages with latent tensions of identity held within the material, historical, and phenomenological aspects of sound. 

Jeremy Hunt is a composer and creative technologist based in Oakland. After graduating UC Berkeley with a PhD in Music Composition with a Designated Emphasis in New Media in 2008, Jeremy embarked on a career in education administration, teaching, and pedagogy in the private education sector. 

Jeremy Lee is a pianist, researcher, and a recent Computer Science graduate from UC Berkeley.  At CNMAT, Jeremy primarily works with Professor Carmine Cella on developing software for music, particularly in the space of human-performed music.  Jeremy’s most recent project at CNMAT was in developing a web application that gives real-time dynamics feedback to a musical performer.  The project was an investigation of potential metrics an

Eda Er is a composer, multimedia artist, and vocalist whose work integrates storytelling, sound, and visual media to explore themes of identity, belonging, trauma, and cultural heritage. She combines electronic music, classical composition, traditional Turkish visual arts, and installation with emerging technologies to challenge artistic boundaries.