Maria Chávez

 Born in Lima, Peru and based in NYC, Maria Chávez is best known as the originator of the art practice Abstract Turntablism™ (est. 2000). Abstract Turntablism centers unique physical activation methodologies utilizing turntables, implements, needles, and the breaking of vinyl records. Her approach is rooted in Deep Listening, a form of embodied listening developed by her late mentor Pauline Oliveros. Chávez’s art practice is profoundly expansive, responsive and curious. She is a certified Stockhausen Spatial Sound artist and has previously been a Robert Rauschenberg Arts Fellow and David Tudor Fellow for Mills College in 2016. Chávez is currently a Sound Art Fellow for the Musagetes Foundation at the University of Guelph, where she is currently working on her latest textbook on Ancient Audio Engineering practices. Her sculptures, performances and installations have been featured and supported by many institutions over the past decades, including MoMA PS1, The Getty, DOCUMENTA 14, the JUDD Foundation, Cambridge University Press, E-Flux Press and more. Chávez performs and tours with The Turntable Trio (Chávez, Mariam Rezaei, Victoria Shen) and with the band (Chávez, Shahzad Ismaily, Greg Saunier). https://mariachavez.org/

Roco Córdova

Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Roco Córdova is a vocalist, composer, producer, and improviser based in the San Francisco Bay Area. They possess a B.Mus. in Composition from the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music and an M.A. in Composition from Mills College in Oakland, California. Their music has been described as “slow-boiling, apparently timeless” with “an odd momentum of its own” (The Washington Post). Cordova's work fuses diverse influences with electronic media, chance operations, gradual processes, noise, improvisation, and timbral techniques of composition. Voice is at the core of their music making: they incorporate extended techniques like throat singing, overtone singing, falsetto, and vocal percussion into live performances that emphasize the electronic processing of these sounds. As a touring vocalist and improviser with The Art Ensemble of Chicago, they have performed extensively around the world and have collaborated with numerous composers. https://www.rococordova.com/

COLLABORATORS

Adam Rosario is a music therapist (MT-BC), percussionist, and retired US Army infantryman based in Austin, Texas. A lifelong student of Puerto Rican folkloric music, he has shared these traditions with Central Texas communities through performance and education for nearly two decades. www.instagram.com/adam.rosario 

Karolina Arocho González is the founder of Pal’ Pueblo Collective and facilitator and dance instructor for Tambores del Pueblo. She has been a Puerto Rican dance performer and instructor for over a decade. Combining her professional experience in abuse prevention and safety planning with years of dance training, she teaches and promotes dance as a coping mechanism to engage communities in healthy habits, collective growth, and trauma healing. https://www.instagram.com/palpuebloatx/

Joey Reyes

Joey Reyes is a cellist, composer, and creative technologist who has scored art installations, restorative yoga workshops, plays, and nature films. His live performances are enrapturing, described by the Austin American-Statesman as “simultaneously soothing and supernatural, and absolutely worth witnessing.”

Fresh off the release of his first full-length album, Spilling Open, Joey Reyes has earned praise from Revolt of the Apes for creating “a record that invites you to sink in, stay awhile, and let the edges between sound and self soften. Highest possible recommendation.” https://www.joeyreyes.rocks/

Collaborator Trey Abraham is a mixed media artist and visual performer living in Austin, Texas whose works often include a mixture of live painting, printmaking, and collage. Trey received a BFA with a concentration in printmaking from the Memphis College of Art in 2012. https://thesuddenkind.com