Regina Harris Baiocchi is a composer, author, and poet. Her music has been performed by artists throughout the U.S., notably the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Her poetry appears in such publications as the Modern Haiku and the Chicago Tribune. Regina is also profiled in the New Grove Dictionary of American Music and the International Dictionary of Black Composers, among others. In 2010 Regina founded 6Degrees Composers to feature women’s music. In 2004, she founded the Haiku Festival to promote children, poetry, and literacy. Regina has received many awards, including from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Illinois Arts Council. She is an alumna of New York, DePaul, and Roosevelt universities.

Gala Flagello (b. 1994) is a composer, educator, and nonprofit director whose work is inspired by a passion for lyricism, rhythmic vitality, and fostering meaningful collaboration. With music described as “both flesh and spirit, intensely psychological without sacrificing concrete musical enjoyment” (I Care If You Listen), Flagello collaborates with leading ensembles, artists, initiatives, and institutions nationally and internationally to craft impactful projects for performers and audiences alike. She is the Festival Director and co-founder of the nonprofit contemporary music festival Connecticut Summerfest, and has been a Composition Fellow at Tanglewood Music Center, the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music, and Aspen Music Festival.

Danielle Jagelski is a conductor and composer based in New York, NY and Portland, OR. She currently serves as the Music Director and co-founder of Renegade Opera, an immersive opera company based in Portland, as well as cover conductor at the Manhattan School of Music. She has worked with ensembles across the U.S, and has premiered nearly 50 newly written works by living composers. As a composer, she enjoys writing choral, vocal, and chamber music. As an enrolled member of the Oneida Nation and Redcliff Band of Ojibwe, Danielle often collaborates with other Native artists in multidisciplinary creative projects in order to further the visibility of Indigenous peoples in the fine arts.

Yaniv grew up in a musical family in NYC, has played violin since age four, started writing music before age ten, has sung at the Metropolitan Opera, toured in a Broadway musical, and conducted around the world.