Samuel Clark-McHale (b. 1992) is an American composer currently residing in Davis, CA. His works have been performed by, among others, Ensemble Signal, Quartetto Indaco, and the Illinois Modern Ensemble at venues and festivals including June in Buffalo and the highSCORE New Music Festival. His piece metallic cocaine bebop for Pierrot ensemble was a 2015 ASCAP Morton Gould Award Finalist.

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.