Joseph Vasinda is a composer and music educator based in the Sacramento area and is attending school to earn a PhD in music composition and theory. As a composer, he is deeply interested in creating works that resonate with performers. Whether through performer input on the musical material, performer feedback on the experience of playing through the piece, or by using improvisational elements, Joseph writes pieces that he hopes performers will find enjoyable or rewarding.

Josiah Tayag Catalan is a Filipino-American born in New York City and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. He holds a degree from the Sacramento State School of Music where he studied composition with Stephen Blumberg and Leo Eylar and violin with Anna Presler and Ian Swensen. During his studies at the Sacramento State School of Music, he was chosen to represent the music department for the annual One World Initiative campaign to raise awareness around current global issues.

Sarah Wald was born in Chicago. She attended Columbia University in the City of New York for her bachelor’s degree in music with a focus in composition. While at Columbia, Sarah studied composition with Tristan Murail and Arthur Kampela, as well as with Robert Lombardo in Chicago. She also studied flute with Sue Ann Kahn. Sarah then studied with Conrad Susa and David Garner at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music for her master’s degree in composition. For her master’s thesis, she composed and produced Elegy for a Lady: a Music Drama in One A