Majid Araim, Monique Osorio, and Killick Hinds
have been developing their improvisational vernacular in one combination or another, since 2017, unified by their adventurous applications of timbre.Using sound, gesture, and technology Araim, Hinds, and Osorio will engage in play and communication as a representation of the different degrees in which biological systems coexist in any given environment, creating space for the exploration of how we treat each other and the world in which we exist.
Majid Araim
is an Iraqi-American multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator, curator, visual artist, researcher and a fixture of the Atlanta improvisation and new music communities. Majid's prolific work as a composer focuses on resonance and dynamics, experimental approaches, and is oriented towards the natural world and fantasy realms. Majid is a recent recipient of PREMIER Artist Residency at Georgia Tech School of Music for Whispers of Night’s work with geofons, specialized contact mics for use in ground mediums, exploring communication through filtration of our natural environment; and individual artist awards from Fulton County and Creative Capital to produce an new opera. Majid holds degrees in Music Composition and Jazz Studies from Georgia Southern University, and since 2013 has presented over 100 concerts as curator of the Magic Lantern series. In addition to their creative work as a musician, they are a dedicated parent, horticulturist, and animal lover.
Monique Osorio
is a musician and educator based in Atlanta, Georgia. They graduated in 2018 with degrees in Music Composition and Psychology from the University of Georgia. Monique is a private voice teacher, informed by the Lovetri Method: Somatic Voicework, as well as the founder of the Atlanta Improvisers Chorus. Monique has performed with such groups as the University of Georgia’s Hugh Hodgson Singers, the Atlanta Improvisers Orchestra, Mick Mayer, and BAS Relief, and is a permanent member of the Atlanta-based quintet, Mute Sphere. In 2021, Monique was a Distinguished Fellow in residence at The Hambidge Center.
Killick Hinds
of Athens, Georgia plays unusual stringed instruments in a style he calls Appalachian Trance Metal, with an emphasis on intuitive intonation, unquantifiable rhythms and shamanistic ROYGBIV. He appears on over 350 albums and has worked with countless amazing souls. He plays a variety of unusual stringed instruments with a comprehensive approach to genres known and as-yet-unlabeled. Specific focus includes sympathetic string activity; microtonality; pantonality; natural harmonic fretting; playing between the fretting hand and nut; and emerging technologies to facilitate new musical pathways. Reinvention has been the constant throughout his creative output.