Edward Schocker

Executive director

A composer and a performer who creates music with made/found materials and alternate tuning systems. He holds an M.A. in composition from Mills College, where he studied with Pauline Oliveros, Alvin Curran, and independently with Lou Harrison. At Mills, Edward founded The Music For People & Thingamajigs Festival, an annual event in The Bay Area devoted to unusual instruments and tunings.

Words, information and music

Dylan Bolles

Artistic Director

Makes performances with people and environments, many of which involve the design and construction of new musical instruments and the cultivation of co-creative relationships based in listening practice. His activities include a wide range of performance-based collaborations, time-based arts, installations, and sound compositions rooted in shared temporal experience.

Compositions & other soundworks

Lianna XIAOKUI NAKASHIMA

PROGRAM MANAGER

The first six months of my life were spent in an orphanage in Sanshui, Guangdong. If I was still living in China, I would not even dream of the creative aspirations and goals I have now.

I started LXN Photography, in 2014 during my first year at UC Santa Barbara while double majoring in Art and Dance and minoring in Professional Writing’s Multimedia Communication track at UC Santa Barbara. Since then, I have photographed over 175+ weddings!