Otaget Faith Charity

Otaget Faith Charity is born in a family of 9. She completed her Bachelor of Law last month and currently waiting for graduation. She is currently working with Youth Initiative Programs Uganda. She is in love with Music and hoping to further persue her education in Music. She started her music journey in 2018 but had a long loved music since childhood and is very excited to sing for the event.

Byasiima Jevanice Gracie

Byasiima Jevanice Gracie is from Kampala-Uganda. She comes from a Christian family of 10 people and is herself the third child. She graduated with a Bachelor’s in Procurement and logistics Management from Uganda Christian University in October 2021. She is currently working as a Project Coordinator alongside Procurement at Dorna Center for Autism.

However, she looks foward to applying for a Master’s scholarship Program in Music and SongWriting because it's been her passion ever since she was little, and believes its the right time for her to do it by God's grace. She is performing a song entitled Hallelujah with her friend, Nadia. It's one of her favorite songs and loves the story in it.

Rosa Maria Cuamatzi Corona - Fagot

Born in Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala. She began her musical studies with her teacher Simone Ribalta (Cuba), later entering the Conservatory of Music and Arts of Celaya, under the tutelage of the teacher Peter Turkin (Russia), to study bassoon professionally.

Throughout her musical training she has belonged to musical groups, such as the symphonic orchestra of the Autonomous University of Tlaxcala, the symphonic band and the youth symphonic orchestra "Silvestre Revueltas" of the Conservatory of Music and Arts of Celaya, with this same she has participated in the XLV, XLVI and XLVII editions of the Cervantino International Festival, the "Manuel M. Ponce" music festival in Zacatecas and the closing of the Cervantino International Colloquium, under the tutelage of maestro Juan Trigos.

She has taken classes with bassoonists such as Everardo Gastélum Anduaga (Mexico), Raúl Chaurand Pichardo (Mexico) and José Alberto Barrera (Mexico). She currently holds the place of main bassoon in the youth symphonic orchestra "Silvestre Revueltas" of the Conservatory of Music and Arts of Celaya, and she teaches bassoon classes in the program of community orchestras of the Bajío System.

Edgar Andres Martínez Lozano

Edgar Martínez. Born in Leon, Guanajuato. He is a young Mexican music composer & pianist studied at the Conservatory of music & arts of Celaya and currently studying music composition for audiovisuals and scenic arts at the Autonomous University of Queretaro. His music has been presented in countries like; United States, Mexico, Brazil, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom & Croatia (In +20 festivals, some named as; International Sound and Film music Festival in Pula, Prisma Rome Film Festival, Travers City Film Festival, MiraBan UK Film Awards, Pixelatl). Also his music has been revised by people like; HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS, CLINT BAJAKIAN, JEFF RUSSO, ALISON PLANTE, PAOLO TORTIGLIONE, INON ZUR & JEFF BROADBENT.

Ka Hei Cheng

Ka Hei Cheng is pursuing her PhD in Music in the Louisiana State University and she studied in the Education University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Baptist University and the Bowling Green State University. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Cheng approaches a diversified culture and philosophy that extend her musical dimensions and nourish a similarly diverse approach to her music composition by “brush strokes” with sonic palette. She has composed different genres of music, including music jingles, music for animation, tailor-made event music, electroacoustic music and acoustic composition with or without programming. Her piece, The Trigger Machine was performed in the Earth Day Art Model 2020, which was organized by IUPUI. Her work was accepted by the Exchange for Midwestern Collegiate Composers; and she has written music/pieces for the Screen Music Program and the Collaborative Composition Initiative (CCI). One of her works was recorded in a CD, CCI//Sessions, vol. 2. In 2020, she wrote a chamber orchestral piece, Nibiru, for the Cleveland Chamber Symphony and she was commissioned to write a commercial promotional music for the video from the CNA Group. She will be joining Splice Festival and will host a lecture/demo with audience participation for New Music Gathering 2021. Her work, The Entangling Turner, was performed in NIME 2021. She was also the presenter of her research paper, Unobtrusive Auditory Display for Weather Reporting, in ICAD 2021.

Apart from programming and composing, Cheng is a pianist who also plays violin and Dizi. As a pianist, she was honored to receive champions in the Hong Kong Schools Music Festivals, GOCAA Youth Pianist Competition and Hong Kong Youth Barclampory Music Festival.

Kyazze Ezra

Kyazze Ezra is an 18 year old Ugandan student currently in form 5 at St Mary's college kisubi in Uganda. He started his musical journey in his first year of high school and is self taught. He aspires to join a professional classical orchestra in the future. He was inspired by numerous classical musicians such as two set violin and Hilary Hahn.

Sean Kaheru

Sean Kaheru is a 19 year old from Uganda. He started his musical journey while playing the recorder and eventually found his way to the flute shortly after joining high-school at the age of 13. Sean later started playing the saxophone at 17 years. He was influenced by Dave Koz, Isaiah Katumwa and Yusef Lateef. He likes to play music in a smooth and jazzy style. Sean is currently working to be a better musician than he was yesterday. He hopes that his music can impact the lives of those that listen to it.

Prosper Lwamasaka

Prosper Lwamasaka is a student of Makerere University Uganda offering a bachelor's degree in commerce. Started his musical journey with traditional dances, singing and acting primary school .Later, started playing the violin in high school. He is inspired by so many that include Hauser.

Kasule Andrew

Kasule Andrew is an 18 year old student at Saint Mary's college Kisubi in Uganda. He started his musical journey in his first year of high school by taking up the piano instrument. He was inspired by Patrick Pietschmann, and aspires to play like him in the near future.

Kedi Mitchell

Kedi Mitchell. I'm a 17 year old student at St. Mary's College Kisubi. I have loved music my whole life. My musical journey started when I was 10 and I auditioned for Uganda's Little Hands Go Green talent search and that I won and that's where my love for singing grew. My major inspirations include Maurice Kirya and John Legend.

Patrick Gutman

Patrick Gutman is a classically trained composer and pianist who writes Film, Concert, and Ambient/Meditative music. His music has been performed both in the states and in Europe, including Italy, France, and Switzerland. With musical interests that include classical, film, rock, ambient, dance and electronic music, Patrick often blends these sound worlds together to create genre-expanding music. With an extensive knowledge of music theory (PhD in Music Composition) combined with his personal intuition, Patrick is able to bring a keen awareness and sensitivity to his compositions that allow him to create specific and intentional pieces of music that are as diverse as his musical background and interests. Patrick has scored dozens of short films (both animated and live action) in addition to writing music for commercials. In Fall 2015 he released his first album consisting of piano and electronic-based music for meditation. In 2016, the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles commissioned Patrick to compose a song for Bloomsday, an international day that celebrates the life and writings of author James Joyce. The following spring, Patrick was the recipient of the Hugo Davise Fund for Contemporary Music at UCLA and received a premier of his piece Play-Etude from the NOW Ensemble, a contemporary new music group based in New York. As a pianist Patrick has performed throughout Southern California as an accompanist, solo artist, and recording session player, and has won several piano competitions as well, including the MTAC (Music Teachers Association of California) Southern California Adult Piano Performance competition. For over a decade Patrick has taught a wide variety of musical courses including musicianship and theory, 20th century pop music, Film Music, and private and group piano lessons. Patrick received his Bachelor’s of Music degrees in both Piano Performance and Composition from Chapman University’s Conservatory of Music. He then moved to Los Angeles where he received his Masters in Composition at California State University, Northridge and his Doctorate in Composition from University of California, Los Angeles. Patrick is a fellow of the Cortona Sessions for New Music; the Chamber Music Institute at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln; the American Conservatory of Fontainebleau, France; the Talis Festival and Academy in Saas-Fee, Switzerland; and the Screen Music Program in Pavia, Italy. Hear more of Patrick Gutman’s music on his website: www.patrickgutman.com