The music of New York City based composer, James Barry has been described as “immediately engaging and distinctly American,” “an emotional rollercoaster,” “truly moving,” and, well, “quirky.” A recipient of the Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters his opera, orchestra, ballet, dance, theater, and chamber music scores are heard across the US each season. James has been the recipient of numerous awards, prizes, and commissions: ASCAP, Meet The Composer, American Music Center, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Dayton Ballet’s New Music for New Dance, Opera On Tap, Holyoke Civic Symphony, the Chicago Ensemble, Auros Group for New Music, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra’s Fresh Ink, the SCI/ASCAP Student Composition Commission, The Commission Project, CASE Arts Group, Xoregos Performing Company, and CelloSpeak among others. Over the past few seasons James’ music has been premiered and performed by numerous groups and organizations: FringeNYC Festival, OPERAtion Brooklyn, OPERA ELVIS: A Lament for the King, Opera Grows in Brooklyn, Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra, Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, Sacramento Youth Symphony, Tallahassee Symphony Youth Orchestra, Tennessee Tech University Orchestra, Northeastern University Concert Band, Florida State University Symphonic Band, Kutztown University Concert Band, Society for New Music, Sirius String Quartet, Esterhazy Quartet, Opera on Tap’s New Brew Series, Reizen Ensemble, Le Nuove Musiche, Forecast Music, Iktus Percussion Quartet, Brandon High School Orchestra, Heartland Community Flute Choir, Make Music New York Festival, North American Saxophone Alliance Conference, National Flute Association National Conference, and the College Music Society National Conference. www.james-barry.com
Timothy Braun is an American writer. His plays have been presented at The Asylum, The Bowery Poetry Club, Ensemble Studio Theater, The Flea, “The Hot Spot” (Athens, Greece), The Howl Festival, Hyde Park Theater, The Loft, The Ohio, La Mama, Ontological-Hysteric Theater, The Neighborhood Playhouse, Riverside Theater (Ireland), Salvage Vanguard, Seattle Fringe, Theatre X, The Vern Riffe Center, The Re/MIx Festival, The California institute of the Arts, and site-specific spaces across the United States. The New York Times, Huffingtonpost, Daily Kos, Audience, The Columbia Review,Euphon, FlatmanCROOKED, Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood, Northville Review, The Oregon Literary Review,Paper Wall, Playscripts Inc., Quay Journal of the Arts,Smith, and Word Riot, among others, have published Braun’s work. Braun has been awarded fellowships and residencies at the Anderson Center for the Interdisciplinary Studies, Blue Mountain Center for the Arts and Humanities, The Djreassi Residency, Edward F. Albee Foundation,HERE Arts Center in New York City, MacDowell Colony, Prairie Center for the Arts, Madroño Ranch, Robert MacNamara Foundation, Osage Arts Community, Santa Fe Art Institute, and the Ucross Foundation. The Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, John Anson Kittredge Fund, Puffin Foundation, and a Dorothy Norton Clay Foundation at the Mary Anderson Center for the Arts have supported his work. www.timothybraun.com