Tim Daisy is a Chicago-based percussionist and composer working in the fields of improvised and composed music. 

Since his arrival on the scene in 1997, he has performed and recorded original music for modern dance, sound installations, film, and improvised music ensembles of various configurations. Tim also owns and operates Relay Records,  launched in 2011 it documents much of the collaborative work that he has been involved with both at home and abroad.

“Daisy is like a turbulent weather system, shifting suddenly from gusty vectors to stormy sound-bursts that imbue the music with motion and shape, but never add too much weight. ”  – Bill Meyer (Dusted)

Photo (background): "Migdal," dance film by Anima Libera Dance Company. All Rights Reserved to Christos Kapatos.

Niki Harlafti is a Greek, Chicago-based composer. Her work pivots between sensitivity and violence, comedy and drama, musical and theatrical narrativity; it exists in the reflective space between the familiar and the unfamiliar, investing in the disruption and reinvention of recognizable patterns. Lastly, she is passionate about social justice and strives to make art in ways that reflect her values.

She has collaborated with Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, loadbang, ~Nois, CME (director: Alan Pierson), BCE (director: Donald Nally), The Megalopolis Saxophone Orchestra, guitarist Ruben Mattia Santorsa, bassoonist Ben Roidl-Ward, saxophonist Thomas Giles, Oros Ensemble, and others. Her works have been performed at Roulette Intermedium (NYC), LSO St.Luke’s (London), the DiMenna Center (NYC), Constellation (Chicago), Jordan Hall (Boston), Rambert Dance (London), Musikinstitut Darmstadt (DE), IYCA Ticino (CH), June in Buffalo Festival (NY), Ear Taxi (Chicago), ECCE Music Festival (FR), the Onassis Stegi (Athens, GR) and numerous dance film festivals.

Her recent works include "doRon eauTomb," a commission for violin and cello by the Onassis Foundation (Onassis Stegi, GR | 2024), "Tee Khe Theemen?" for five voices, premiered by Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, "The Blood of Others" for bassoon and electronics, premiered by Ben Roidl-Ward (Chicago | 2024), and the original soundtrack for the awarded dance film "Migdal" by Anima Libera Dance Company (GR | 2022).

In search of expressive means that transcend absolute music, she has collaborated with several poets, including Laura Mullen and Sun Yung Shin (U.S.), choreographers Mikaela Kanzafiri (GR) and Nancy Nerantzi (U.K./GR), film maker Christos Kapatos (GR), dramaturg/librettist Antigoni Gaitana (NYC/GR), painter Francisco Ledesma (MX) and other visual artists.

Niki holds a PhD in Music Composition from Northwestern University (Chicago), and a M.M. in Composition and Theory from New England Conservatory of Music (Boston). Her mentors include Hans Thomalla, Stratis Minakakis, Jay Alan Yim, and Anthony Coleman.

Jorge Amado (b.1997)

Born in Havana, Amado began his musical journey at the age of eight. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2020 from the University of Arts of Cuba with degrees in both violin and composition. He later earned a Master's degree with distinction in Composition from DePaul University in Chicago in 2024.

As a composer, Amado has achieved international recognition, with his music performed in renowned halls such as Carnegie Hall in New York, Konzerthaus Berlin, Symphony Center in Chicago, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Wiener Konzerthaus, among others. His work has been commissioned and performed by esteemed ensembles and artists, including the Catalyst Quartet, the Chicago Civic Fellows, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, Jon Kimura Parker, the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra, among others.

Amado's music is a vibrant fusion of Afro-Cuban heritage, characterized by dynamic energy, well-crafted compositions, and a profound spiritual essence inspired by Santeria rituals and traditional Cuban music.

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Acclaimed for his “ethereal saxophone playing” (Vital Weekly), Dylan Ward is a musician/improviser/sound artist specializing in contemporary and electroacoustic music. Ward has released recordings on the Neuma, Mother Brain, and XAS record labels that have been described as “meditative, jarring, and cosmic…highly creative” (Take Effect Reviews) and praised for presenting music that is “clear and coherent in its discourse, original in its sounds, and as beautiful and intellectually stimulating as it is playful” (Pan M 360). Ward has performed nationally at the Bang on a Can LOUD Weekend Festival, Eighth Blackbird Creative Lab, Northwestern University New Music Conference (NUNC!), and NYC Electroacoustic Music Festival and appeared in venues including Lincoln Center, Constellation Chicago, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Mesa Arts Center, and Sheen Center for Thought and Culture.

In July 2022, Ward released his debut solo electroacoustic album, Tourmaline, through Neuma Records. The album explores ideas of sonic transmutation and alchemy, featuring music by Alexandra Gardner, Viet Cuong, Seth Andrew Davis, Kenneth Michael Florence, and Emma O’Halloran. From the Cave of Crystals to the cosmogonic Ogdoad, from Paul Klee’s depiction of the Angel of History to the structure of a Michael Jordan documentary, Tourmaline covers a wide range of creative concepts in pursuit of the alchemical magnum opus. 

Ward's creative work has received support from the NC Arts Council, Charlotte Arts & Science Council, City of Charlotte, Infusion Fund, Foundation for the Carolinas, UMKC School of Graduate Studies, Charlotte Street Foundation, Semans Art Fund, Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts, and William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust. 

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