marie carroll is an american composer-improviser, electroacoustic musician, cellist, and koto player. her work is influenced by natural phenomena and explores themes of liminality and transience. she also enjoys using analog synthesizers and effects units.

in 2019, marie composed a live score for solo cello and electronics for a production of Sophocles’ Electra, which she performed on tour in Boston, Berlin, London, and Istanbul. the production earned a five-star review from London Pub Theaters, which described the score as “incredibly effective.”

in 2020, marie co-founded a student record label as part of New England Conservatory’s NOVA Fellowship and established NEC’s first electroacoustic festival, Plugged In.

in 2021, marie participated in Longy’s Divergent Studio and International Contemporary Ensemble’s program Ensemble Evolution.

marie’s work has been performed by Hub New Music, the Schallfeld Ensemble, the Parker Quartet, Transient Canvas, NEC Wind Ensemble, Philipp Stäudlin, and Rane Moore. in 2020, marie completed her undergraduate degree at Harvard, where she studied composition under Claire Chase, Chaya Czernowin, Felipe Lara, and Hans Tutschku. she is currently a graduate student at the New England Conservatory, studying composition under John Mallia and Stratis Minakakis.

Tyler Blankenship is a Nashville based artist and musician who loves to experiment and play with possibilities, the main form of which for years has been through producing and curating the Circuit Benders Ball festival.

As one half of the group Neon Black, he sings while playing synth and drum machine, veering through gothic post punk structures and promptly collapsing them into pools of poetry and swirling ambient sounds. His recent solo work is part aural stream of consciousness and part musical self-discovery featuring looping motifs and live synth patching.