Max Gibson is a British-Irish composer, writer, and educator based in Northern California, whose work spans concert music, multimedia, electronic music, and theatre. At UC Davis, he is pursuing a Ph.D. in Music Composition and Theory, with emphases in Science and Technology Studies, Studies in Performance and Practice, and Environmental Humanities.

His projects have been performed and presented internationally in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey, the USA, and across the UK.

A champion of contemporary music in the United States and abroad, violist Ellen Ruth Rose is currently a member of Empyrean Ensemble, the flagship new music ensemble in residence at UC Davis, and Earplay, the San Francisco-based contemporary ensemble.