A published composer/arranger, Katya Pine has composed music for production studios, independent films, documentaries, television, musical theatre, opera and the concert stage in a variety of styles, ranging from solo to full orchestral. A recipient of the prestigious Floyd Chalmers award, Katya received a composition degree from the University of Toronto, with postgraduate studies in London, England and also in Calgary Alberta, where she completed the MRU Jazz and Contemporary Music program. An affiliate composer of the CMC, the Association of Canadian Women Composers (ACWC), the Screen Composers Guild of Canada (SCGC), BCRMTA and SOCAN, Katya writes extensively for the voice. For more, visit Katya Pine’s website: www.pineproductions.ca.
I am a poet. Over my lifetime I have been published as poet, playwright and journalist. I made a living, however, teaching high school students. In March 2013 I had a stroke and it has been challenging to recover. I have been to the Banff Centre 6 times as a poet: participating four times in Writing with Style workshops, and twice in the Feb. 2014 and the upcoming Feb. 2015 Writers' Guild of Alberta retreats. I am excited and intrigued by the tabula rasa aspect of the creative process involved in the Art Song Lab experience. Let the games begin.
Wylie Ferguson is a composer based in Squamish, British Columbia, influenced by the music of Frank Zappa, Gyorgy Ligeti, Iannis Xenakis, Anton Webern and many others. He attended Capilano University's composition program, studying under Bradshaw Pack and John Korsrud. His music has been performed by the Erato Ensemble, his own chamber ensemble the Pocket Orchestra, and Capilano's various student ensembles. He also plays guitar for the avant rock band Big Evil.
Matea Kulić is an experimental writer and performer. Her work investigates questions of identity and representation through language, rhythm and ‘the tongue’ as a radical site of transformation. Since discovering sound poetry she experiments with recording her voice and translating noise onto the page. Her work has been published in The Capilano Review, RicePaper, Emerge, In/Words Magazine, Impressment Mag and The Maynard Review among others. She studied under the mentorship of poet Jen Currin at Simon Fraser University's Writer's Studio.