composer. performer. improviser.
Ph.D. Student in Composition, UChicago

-Composer of works for electronics, objects, and arrays of people.

composer, noise generator 

https://www.kelleysheehan.com/

Mark Frederick Thorvald Gurrola (b. 1993) is a musician from Lubbock, Texas. Drawing inspiration from text and other art mediums, his compositions often reflect or depict nonmusical subjects - such as recipes, puzzles, rituals, poetry, fables, and cats. Mark’s chamber, film, and electronic works have been performed across the United States, Europe, and Asia, and has been played by pianist Eunmi Ko, Yarn/Wire ensemble, and String Noise duo. He has participated in Dot the Line New Music Festival, Keep Composers Weird Residency, Yarn/Wire Institute, Breath Mark Retreat, Fusion Film Scoring Workshop, SCI Region XI Conference, Terroir New Music Series and Space City New Music Festival.

Being a multi-instrumentalist, Mark has performed on piano, trumpet, harp, accordion, and conducting. He has experience in a variety of genres - ranging from vernacular, Celtic, Balkan, and Ceili bands, to chamber ensembles, improvisational ensembles, jazz and Symphonic bands, Orchestras, and musicals. Mark has performed at the Keep Composers Weird 2019 Residency, and 2018 Yarn/Wire Institute.

Mark has a Master’s degree in Music Composition from the University of South Florida and a Bachelors in Music Composition from Texas Tech University. His principal composition teachers are Dr. Mei-Fang Lin, Dr. Baljinder Sekhon, Dr. Peter Fischer, and Mr. Paul Reller. Mark served as the 2017-2018 president and treasurer of the USF New Music Consortium. He is a member of the Society of Composers, Inc.

We are an ensemble dedicated to the performance of new music by living composers. We implement lesser known, sometimes self-made musical instruments and seek to encourage composers to write for such rarities as toy piano, theremin, music boxes and more. Currently, we have an ongoing project called #picturethis where we are asking both musicians and non-musicians alike to submit graphic scores for us to interpret. We hope this will bring forth more active participation and greater interest in new music. For info about this or our future concerts please email us at tatatensemble@gmail.com. Be sure to check us out at on Facebook and Instagram at #tatatensemble and #picturethisproject

Pedram Diba is an Iranian-American composer whose work investigates how sound, space, light, and gesture function as interrelated compositional materials. He approaches these elements as dynamic agents within a unified expressive system, crafting works that unfold across multiple sensory dimensions. His music has been praised for its “powerful interaction and striking richness of components” (ResMusica, France) and for its “deep sense of musical energy and great attention to the organicity and morphological profiles of sound” (Pierre Jodlowski).

His works have been presented at international festivals including SEAMUS, IRCAM Forum, ICMC, Splice, SICMF, and New Music Gathering, and performed at venues such as the DiMenna Center (New York), Le CENTQUATRE (Paris), CKL Stage (Seoul), Constellation (Chicago), and Le Gesù (Montreal). Upcoming projects include a new work for TAK Ensemble and a multimedia work for Duo Riso, both scheduled for premiere in 2026.

He is the recipient of the Residency Prix CIME (International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music, 2025), the William T. Faricy Award for Outstanding Composition (Northwestern University, 2025), a Research-Creation Grant from the ACTOR Project (2021–2022), the Max Stern Fellowship in Music (McGill University, 2018–2020), First Place in the Ensemble Ibis Composition Competition (2017), and the Outstanding Scholar in Composition Award (University of Oregon, 2017).

Diba earned a B.M. in composition from the University of Oregon, an M.M. from McGill University (with Philippe Leroux), and completed the IRCAM Cursus in Paris (with Pierre Jodlowski and Claudia Scroccaro). He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in composition and music technology at Northwestern University (with Alex Mincek, Hans Thomalla, and Jay Alan Yim). His works are published by BabelScores.
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Please feel free to contact me via email:
pedram.diba@gmail.com

Official Website:
www.pedramdiba.com

Babel Scores:
https://www.babelscores.com/PedramDiba

IRCAM:
https://www.ircam.fr/person/pedram-diba

ACTOR Project:
https://www.actorproject.org/profiles/pedram-diba

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