Marco Buongiorno Nardelli is a composer, installation artist and computational physicist who brings a platform for art/science integration rooted in his profound and extensive expertise in development of scientific and artistic software and his vision for sustainable community software development.
Jeffrey Hepker composes and produces music for film, television and theatrical trailers.
Raised in Buenos Aires as a jazz performer, music for media producer and classical composer, Federico Llach creates music that seeks to combine the old and the new, as well as the intimacy of concert music with the energy of popular music. His sound palette has been forever changed as a result of his experience with modular synthesizers, samplers and electronics of all kinds, which usually appear uniquely blended with acoustic instruments in his music.
Laura Russell serves as the Administrative Coordinator for Music History/Theory/Ethnomusicology (MHTE), Music Education and Composition Studies divisions.
Ermir Bejo, born in 1987 in Tirana Albania, is a contemporary classical and electronic music composer. With a wide range of influences, including visual art, cinema, literature, mathematics, and philosophy, Bejo's compositions embody an unwavering dedication to exploring new formal and expressive horizons.
Sungji Hong's music has been described as "a work of iridescent freshness" (BBC Music Magazine), "the sound is utterly luminous" (Fanfare Magazine), "a virtuoso exploration of the technical and sonorous possibilities" (Daily Telegraph), and "the harmonies and fluid dynamics were modern" (The New York Times).
Andrew "Drew" Schnurr is an assistant professor of composition and media arts at University of North Texas. Schnurr is a Los Angeles composer, sound artist, theorist, and performer blurring traditional lines in media and musical genre. Schnurr’s wide-ranging experience in classical music, electronic music, rock, jazz, Latin music and other international music forms combined with his expertise in modern sound design, music production and audio technology, informs his diverse approach.
Bruce Broughton is best known for his many motion picture scores, including Silverado, Tombstone, The Rescuers Down Under, The Presidio, Miracle on 34th Street, the Homeward Bound adventures and Harry and the Hendersons.
Stephen Lucas is a musician, intermedia artist, and programmer based in Denton, TX. He is currently the Lead Creative Programmer for the Initiative for Advanced Research in Technology and the Arts and the Division of Composition Studies at the University of North Texas, where he specializes in creating interactive audiovisual software for multimedia performances and data sonification/visualization.
David Stout is a visual and sonic artist, video director and performer exploring cross-media synthesis and interdisciplinary approaches to new genres bridging the arts, design and sciences. He is a recipient of the New Mexico New Visions Award (2007), Harvestworks Interactive Technology Award and Sun Micro Systems Award for Academic Excellence (2004) and a nominee for the USA Artist Fellowship (2008), International Media Art Prize (2004) and the WTN World Technology Award (2003).
