Darion Smith is the artistic director and cofounder of Jansuphere Dance Company (JDC). Smith’s choreographic works have been presented throughout the United States and abroad in Spain and Mexico. Smith fuses different dance genres, incorporates visual art and interactive set designs and life size props to focus his artistic vision. His works are made in collaboration with award winning musicians and composers. He has worked to maintain his vision for JDC, since its founding in 2007, as a platform for collaborative exploration, providing opportunities for professional dancers, and community engagement through performances, workshops and masterclasses. In 2018, Smith was the Artist in Residence at the Pacific Lutheran University and most recently the recipient of the 2020 Mark Ryder Original Choreography Award.

“He brought his talents to the keyboard in his own...inspired high-energy blend” - The
Philadelphia Inquirer.John Franek (b.1996) is a pianist and composer who’s compositions “evoke an epic narrative.” (Sonograma Magazine)
John has had premieres in North America, South America, Europe and Asia, most notably
performed by ensembles such as The Siberian State Symphony Orchestra, The Moravian Philharmonic, The Janáček Philharmonic as well as the Lontano ensemble. Upcoming premieres for the 2021 season include works for the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Trio Immersio, The Syntax Ensemble, Spółdzielnia Muzyczna and Hub New Music. As a sought after performer, John has performed solo concert programs on three continents in venues such as the Perelman Theatre of Kimmel Hall in Philadelphia, La Casa de la Música in Ecuador, King’s College London and The American Church in Paris. His recent album Purely Mozart demonstrates his particular love of Mozart.He currently runs his own record Label, Nous Records, and is also an active educator in both Piano and Composition.

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Kate Richards Geller, singer-songwriter & vocal improviser, holds an MA in Music Therapy from NYU, an LCAT in NY State, and CBMT since 1997. She has worked in medical settings (pediatrics and Child Life), schools (therapeutic pre-schools), and community centers providing clinical services to individuals and groups of all ages with the goal of improving the Quality of Life through live, interactive music making. Her program, Sing for Yourself, demonstrates how a regular singing practice can create meaningful and lasting change in individuals and communities. Currently in Los Angeles, Kate serves as Music Wellness Director at Urban Voices Project, whose mission is to create supportive spaces to nurture belonging and to shift the narrative and perception of homelessness towards one of agency and community.

Colombian-American soprano Stephanie Lamprea is an architect of new sounds and expressions as a performer, curator and improviser, specializing in contemporary classical repertoire. Trained as an operatic coloratura, she uses her voice as a mechanism of avant-garde performance art with an entire spectrum of vocal colors (including operatic style, straight tone, sputters and throat noises), creating “maniacal shifts of vocal production and character… like an icepick through the skull” (Jason Eckardt). She has awards from the John Cage Orgel Stiftung, St. Botolph Club Foundation and Puffin Foundation. Stephanie has performed at Roulette, National Sawdust, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

Emmy Rozanski is an enthusiastic music educator and active freelance trombonist. She is adjunct music faculty at Alverno College and a teaching artist for Sistema Ravinia. Emmy holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in trombone performance from Arizona State University. A
passionate visual artist, as well as musician, she has written and illustrated a children’s bookabout the trombone, Mr. Fitch Joins the Band.

Brian Johnston joined the Fort Wayne Philharmonic in 2018. In addition to being part of the Philharmonic, Brian is a regular Member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and Substitute with the New World Symphony in Miami Florida. He has performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Elgin Symphony Orchestra, Canton Symphony Orchestra, Quad City Symphony Orchestra, and is also a substitute for the Houston Symphony Orchestra & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Brian's teaching experience has included many schools in the Chicago area including the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra (CYSO) His primary teachers have included; Jay Friedman, John Rojak, John Faieta, Andy Malloy, Reed Capshaw, and Eric Reynolds.

Rebecca Kautz (b.1978 Princeton, IL) is an artist working across media. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a Master of Fine Arts from The University of Wisconsin-Madison as well as a Master’s of Arts in Education. She incorporates reflective, expository writing and drawing with action based research and social interventions which are documented with photography and video.

While staying within the structure of Indian classical music and art, Aditi has vastly experimented and succeed in mixing traditional dance art and music with Jazz and other kinds of western music. She was involved in the kathak and Electronic music collaboration with the band Kartik and Gotam: Business Class Refugees in France. She was also involved with the Issue Project with New York pianist Rod Williams. She has gracefully blended the stylized gestures of kathak and the sophisticated rhythm of the Tatkaar, Chakkradhars and different Taals with varying time cycles with instruments like the djembe, drums, ghumbri, cuatro, sarod, sitar and many more. Bhagwat has said that change and experimentation help a person grow as an artist. Her kathak dance style shows a "mastery of the idiom" according to The Hindu

SAGE brings together small business owners, budding entrepreneurs, and visionaries.Their goal is to Share the wealth of information that each member holds, Accept all situations as they come, and Grow within their own facet of business as they Encourage others through positive support.

Whether on a proscenium stage, in a film, or installation, her work transforms an audience’s experience from passive voyeurism into intimate engagement. As a choreographer, director and filmmaker, Jody makes art that embraces a world full of people, sites, and ideas.

SVA is a growing and active network of visual artists and supporters that enriches the community through the visual arts. The mission is to,

• Empower visual artists through professional development and collaboration

• Create opportunities for the community to experience and enjoy the visual arts

• Promote member artists and their work