Multi-wind instrumentalist/composer/conductor/recording artist Demetrius Spaneas leads a varied international career and has worked with such diverse artists as John Cage, Ray Charles, and Kyrgyz traditional musicians. He has been featured soloist and composer at major concert venues and festivals throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Through his work with the US Embassy system, he has presented concerts and lectures on American music and culture throughout the former Soviet Union. Interested in connecting cultures and creating international artistic dialogue through cultural diplomacy, his current initiatives focus on Central Asia, the Balkans, China, and Russia. He has won grants and awards from ASCAP, Meet the Composer, the American Music Center, and other organizations, including a special certificate from the Russian Duma (senate) for enriching the cultural life of St. Petersburg. Mr. Spaneas, a New York City-based artist, is a native of Lowell, MA and holds both bachelor and master of music degrees from the New England Conservatory of Music where he studied classical and jazz performance, composition, and world music. Recordings on Capstone and DSM (as soloist), and Cantaloupe, Mode, Centaur, and BMOP Sound (as ensemble member).

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Michal Garcia is an internationally touring, award-winning multi-instrumentalist and DJ with a specialty in trumpet, composition and the occasional spanish rap.

Michal Garcia has performed extensively throughout Asia and North America including China, Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia, The Philippines, United States, Canada and Mexico as well as performing for TEDx in Hong Kong. As part of the acclaimed electronic duo The Anello he also released the Next2Me EP to a
nearly sold out show and subsequent performance at Asia’s premier music festival, Clockenflap which included an interview of the band on Reuters Television and others via South China Morning Post . Third Culture labeled them as one of the TOP 5 international indie bands to listen to, BOOM Magazine listed
The Anello as HK’s Hottest Band and they were also voted as Hong Kong’s Best Band in a poll by HKELD . Recently, he was a headlining act at Toronto Union Station’s Union Summer .

He has shared the stage with Turtle Giant, The Weathering, Nowhere Boys, Noughts & Exes, The White Eyes and China’s “Michael Jackson” Eason Chan.

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