IMOGEN HEAP
Two-time Grammy award winner and self-produced British composer and recording artist for over 20 years, Imogen Heap has released five solo albums, another as one half of Frou Frou. She has collaborated with countless and varied artists including Taylor Swift, Nitin Sawhney, Deadmau5, Jeff Beck and Jon Hopkins. Her compositions and songs pop up in blockbuster and indie films as well as countless TV shows, are featured in underground rap and dance music and covered by the likes of Ariana Grande. As composer and arranger for one of the biggest hits in theatrical history, Harry Potter and The Cursed Child, Imogen won the Drama Desk Outstanding Music in a Play award. As a sought-after speaker and performer, Heap hosted 2020's Grammys Premiere Ceremony. In recognition of her pioneering work at the intersection of music and tech, Heap has three honorary doctorates for the gestural music-ware 'MI.MU gloves system and recently for The Creative Passport, an integrated digital ID solution, empowering music makers to be the change toward a fair and flourishing music ecosystem.
SIR KEN ROBINSON
Sir Ken Robinson was a British author, speaker and international advisor on education in the arts to government, non-profits, education and arts bodies. He was director of the Arts in Schools Project and Professor of Arts Education at the University of Warwick, and Professor Emeritus after leaving the university.
ANTONIO SÁNCHEZ
Born in Mexico City, 4-time Grammy Award winner Antonio Sánchez began playing the drums at age five and performed professionally in his early teens in Mexico’s rock, jazz and latin scenes.
He pursued a degree in classical piano at the National Conservatory in Mexico and in 1993 enrolled in Berklee College of Music and New England Conservatory, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude in Jazz Studies.
In 2014 Sanchez’s popularity soared when he scored Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) which ended up fetching 4 Academy awards (including best picture) and for which Antonio won a Grammy award. Additional film/tv projects include EPIX network's Get Shorty and Hippopotamus among others.
With more than a dozen recordings as a leader or co-leader, Sánchez's recent projects include the acclaimed epic The Meridian Suite and the star studded Three Times Three. He turned his upset over social injustice into a tribute to every immigrant’s journey in his epic musical statement Lines in the Sand.
Sánchez is the recipient of four Grammys, three Echo Awards, Golden Globe & BAFTA nominations and has been thrice named Modern Drummer’s "Jazz Drummer of the Year”. He has been the covers of DownBeat, JazzTimes, JAZZIZ, Modern Drummer, Drum! and Musico Pro — among others.
TESSA MATTHIAS
Tessa Matthias grew up in Los Angeles and started making clothes when she was seven years old. As a first generation American, she is the daughter of an Australian mother and German father. In 2005, Tessa moved to New York City to attend Parsons School of Design. In 2012, Tessa was hired at Theory to launch the activewear division, Theory+. She left her position as Senior Designer in 2015 and began the process of creating her brand, TESSA Inc. which was founded in New York City in 2016. Tessa was the Creative Director of YEEZY for 5 years. Now working on her own brand, she is excited to be in residency with Jacob Jonas The Company at Water Garden.
@tessamatthias
STEVE HACKMAN
A multi-hyphenate music powerhouse and visionary producer, Steve Hackman is a daring voice leading the charge among a new generation of classical musicians intent on redefining the genre. Equally adept in classical and popular styles, his breadth of musical fluency and technique is uncanny—he is at once a composer, conductor, producer, DJ, arranger, songwriter, singer, and pianist. He uses those wide-ranging abilities to create innovative fusions that blur the lines between high and pop art. He has collaborated frequently with Doja Cat, performing with her at the 2021 VMA’s in Brooklyn, following orchestrating and arranging strings for her performances at the Billboard Music Awards and iHeart Radio Music Awards. In December 2019, Hackman collaborated with Kanye West, the Sunday Service Choir and Access Opera in their production of the opera Mary. Hackman contributed as composer, conductor, and orchestrator. The opera had public performances at Art Basel in Miami, Laskey Mesa in Calabasas and Lincoln Center in New York City. @stevehackmanmusic
YSEULT
Yseult was born in Quessy, north of Paris, to Cameroonian parents, and first entered the spotlight in 2013 on French singing competition Nouvelle Star where she was a finalist, ultimately signing with a major label. She eventually broke her contract to pursue a career as an independent artist and in 2019, she explored a more sensuous trap-beat sound, delivering intimate confrontations through her lyrics that truly struck a chord with the world. “I love to write songs about my skin, body, family and vulnerability,” says Yseult. “If I haven't lived it, I can't write about it.”* @yseult
GREG LAUREN
Greg Lauren is an American actor, painter and fashion designer.
JESSICA YOUNG
Jessica Young is a filmmaker. This seasoned story-teller has trained her eyes and ears to get right into the heart of your story. Among the decorated non-fiction work on her resume are several narrative films and commercial works. Based out of Los Angeles, this well-traveled problem solver brings passion to each and every project. Long form storytelling is her reason for being.
WILL ADASHEK
Will Adashek is a lighting designer, cinematographer, and colorist based in Los Angeles. Recent projects as post-production executive or producer include Hello, My Name Is Doris (Sally Field, Max Greenfield), Dean (Dimitri Martin, Gillian Jacobs), Buster's Mal Heart (Rami Malek), Burning Bodhi (Kaley Cuoco, Cody Horn), 400 Days (Dane Cook, Brandon Routh) and A Country Called Home (Imogen Poots). Recent music videos feature Lorde, Miley Cyrus, Fun., Boregore, Carly Rae Jepsen, Justin Bieber, Smashing Pumpkins, and Iggy Azalea. Recent TV includes the Netflix original series w/Bob and David starring Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. As cinematographer he recently completed the feature film Gotta Get Down To It (Claire Fort, Damian Young).
OKAIDJA AFROSO
Okaidja is a multi-instrumentalist, Afro-Jazz, Afro-Classical, Ambient music, Singer-Songwriter and Traditional Dancer from Ghana, West Africa. His unique artistic vision has led him to combine his native rhythms with unforeseen pairings of musical flavors. His sound is a spicy fusion of Ghanaian music with diverse cross-cultural influences. Although most of Okaidja's hypnotic arrangements are sung in his native language, the meaning shines through. His calling and life purpose is to bring us all together so that we can laugh and grieve and dance and forge forward together, in community.
NICOLE MIGLIS
Miglis, raised in Melbourne, Florida, began her educational and musical pursuits from an early age. She has described her childhood self as quiet and introspective, often spending hours playing her family's piano. She started songwriting at a young age but did not receive vocal training. Leading up to the formation of Hundred Waters, Nicole earned a degree in piano performance at University of Florida while performing globally as a concert pianist. Miglis self-released a solo EP in March 2012 containing a collection of songs she wrote from 2008 to 2010
KAZUYA KOJIMA
At the foot of Mt. Ikeda in Gifu prefecture, Japan, we are engaged in creative activities in this land blessed with abundant nature. We are consistently working on the design and production of clothing named “Nora Koromo” (fieldwear in Japanese), dyeing with “Sho-aizome” (traditional Japanese indigo dyeing) and “Kakishibu” (persimmon astringent dyeing), and making “Sukumo” (natural dye made of indigo) from Japanese indigo plants that we cultivate in house. Starting with the cultivation of plants for dye, we have hands in each process, from dye production to design, sewing and dyeing. Our craftsmanship is deeply rooted in the climate of the land we live in and the traditional Japanese spirit of “Yamato-kokoro”. @aiwayu_
JOE BERRY
Joe Berry is a multi-instrumentalist and a member of the wildly successful French electronic music project known as M83. When Joe is not touring the world, his work is a compelling coalescence of creative titles including composer, producer, educator, accompanist and puppeteer. In other words, Joe is adventurous — just like his music. Joe holds a Bachelors of Music in Jazz Studies with emphasis in both Saxophone Performance and Composition and earned his Masters of Music in Jazz and Improvisational Music. His education is just about the only traditional aspect of his curriculum vitae, though.
You might recognize him from a Michel Gondry-directed Chobani yogurt commercial next to composer Jon Brion, or on MTV as a dancing saxophonist in Taylor Swift’s Shake It Off video. Joe was also a member Save Ferris, is a rotating member of Wayne Kramer’s free jazz experimental Lexington Arts Ensemble group, and Vice President of artist development for the Joe Zawinul Foundation For Achievement. @joemarcelberry