 Dr. Stefan Hakenberg – Co-Director — was born in Wuppertal, Germany, and attended the conservatories of Düsseldorf and Cologne, where he studied composition with Hans Werner Henze. He received a Ph.D. in Composition from Harvard University where he studied with Mario Davidovsky and Bernard Rands. His compositions include works for a wide variety of media, from solo chamber music, to stage works, to interactive multimedia installations. His contributions to Hans Werner Henze’s "Alternative Cultural Projects" led to the development of his own projects such as Der Kinderkreuzzug for the Opera of Cologne. Composing in collaboration with amateurs, and the integration of players from the folk music world or of non-western background are particularly important aspects of Hakenberg’s creative thought. His "Musical Picture Books" are examples of his capacity for formal innovations. His work as a whole is an ongoing reflection on the musical inventions and forms of the artistic behavior of his peers who he came across along an international career that brought him from Europe to the US, to the Asian mix of cultures in Seoul, to creating new music in Alaska. Additional information available online at stefanhakenberg.com. |
 Steve Layton - CrossSound Radio writer - I am a composer, currently living in Seattle. In my work, traditional and "imaginary" modern classical mix it up with electronic, historical, and world vernacular influences. "Traditional" and "avant-garde", "possible" and "impossible" music? To me, each piece reinvents a World; through the past, in ways that could only happen here and now. Influences: Stravinsky, Messiaen, Xenakis, Reich, Subotnick, Henry Cowell, Art Bears; the music of the Mediterranean and Asia. Besides comissioned and solo performances, I have done extensive work for dance and video. You can find more information at Kalvos & Damian, NIWO, AMPCAST, and google . . . |
 Shauna James — CrossSound Radio Editor - is an avid, practicing writer. She is currently in the process of finishing up her first novel, as well as continuously crafting personal essays. She has been a professional book editor, a private tutor, and an editor of film scripts. She has been happily teaching writing for over twelve years. Her classes are full of specific details, searching questions, and absurd laughter. She currently teaches at the Northwest School in Seattle.
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 Kate Zanetta – CrossSound Radio Technical Producer for shows 7-18 – Kate has not been pursuing a career in radio, which would make it hard to explain the three years she has spent working for WUMB-FM, enrolled in radio production internships, and polishing her on-air skills. She came to Juneau, Alaska on a lark and found wonderful opportunities with KTOO-FM and CrossSound, which have been invaluable in helping her refine her editing skills. |
Roblin Gray Davis – is a performer, director, and artisan of innovative, collaborative theatre. Physical performance rooted in explorations of mask-making and masked movement in performance, puppetry, and original theatre forms the heart of his endeavors. An Anchorage native, he teaches physical acting, mask making, mask performance, puppetry, clown theatre and mime/movement theatre with his Juneau-based production company, Theatre Ridiculous. Roblin has traveled and studied internationally in pursuit of a dynamic and lively form of physical performance, including programs with the Dell'arte International School of Physical Theatre in Blue Lake, CA, the Ecole de Mime Corporel Dramatique in London, England, and Sue Morrison of the Clown Resource Center in Toronto, Ontario. Roblin is currently studying in London.
Dr. Jocelyn Clark – Writer/Director — After graduating from high school in Juneau, Alaska, where she played with the Juneau Symphony and attended the Sitka Fine Arts Camp, Clark spent a year in Japan on an ICYE scholarship where she became interested in non-western music. She started studying the Japanese koto at the age of 18 with the Sawai Koto Academy at Wesleyan University where she received the Kellam Prize for East Asian Studies. From 1990 she studied zheng at the Nanjing Academy for the Arts in China, continuing her studies the following year with Wang Changyuan in New York City. From 1992 to 1995 she received a scholarship to study traditional Korean music majoring in kayagûm performance at the National Classical Music Institute in Seoul, Korea. While finishing her Master's and Ph.D. degrees at Harvard University in the departments of East Asian Languages and Civilization and Ethnomusicology, she produced a number of concerts featuring both traditional and modern compositions for East Asian instruments. She won a Fulbright Fellowship for the 1999-2000 academic year, and a Seonam Foundation Fellowship for the 2000-2001 academic year, to return to Korea to study Korean music. Clark plays kayagûm and tours internationally with IIIZ+ (
Roald Simonson – Technichal Producer - has directed numerous theater productions: classic, modern and original. In 1990 he won a National Endowment for the Arts Directing Fellowship, a year-long stipendium for work, travel and study awarded to a few promising young directors each year. In the past he's also worked in the world of international opera, particularly as an Associate Artistic Director with Peter Sellars on operas by John Adams, Mozart and Handel. Other artistic associations he's benefited from in particular have been with Robert Wilson, the theater artist, and Mark Morris, the choreographer. Mr. Simonson is a graduate of Harvard University and currently resides in Juneau AK.