Panaiotis (pronounced PAH-NAY-YO-TEES) has taught at the University of California at San Diego, where he earned his Ph.D. in music, and at the Theaterschool for New Dance Development in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He continues his pedagogical inclinations by conducting workshops at elementary schools and at colleges and universities. A classically trained singer, Panaiotis incorporates pan-cultural vocal techniques and styles in his own singing and compositions. He has composed numerous works for dance and theater and has worked with the San Diego Public Theater, the San Francisco Repertory Theatre, and the Hans-Otto Theater in Potsdam, East Germany. Panaiotis was awarded a writing grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for his opera, The Traveling Companion.
Panhuysen started to develop his "situasies", works which combined many media - images, sounds, light, projection, machines, objects, spaces, etc. - in 1963 as transitory events and installations. The Maciunas Ensemble, founded in 1968, became the source of his experiences with sound and music. The musicians improvise, record, replay and discuss in weekly sessions which continue even today. The Long String Installation, relating the visual and auditory qualities of a building, and bringing together the rules of proportion in music, visual art and architecture in one work of art.
Musician, author, composer and global media vagabond who lived mainly in Turkey, Iran, Pakistan and India before returning to Berlin in 1990. Pannke has studied the vocal art of the ancient Dhrupad style and developed his own unique blend of oriental and western singing (as heard on his latest CD, Morungen - Songs from a Visionary Musical.) Since 1992, he has been involved in the planning of the Adi Srvya Gallery for Primordial Hearing in New Delhi, India. Besides composing, performing, teaching, creating acoustic radio art and sound installatioins, he is a well-known broadcaster, writer, editor and festival organizer.
Sarah Peebles has composed for electroacoustics, small ensemble, dance, animation, inter-disciplinary collaborations and music-theatre. Exploring alternate performance settings, such as museums, bamboo groves, temples and parks, her work also encompasses "comprovisation" and performance art. Originally from Minnesota, she resided in Japan over extended periods where she studied Japanese court music, Shinto festival music-drama and trends in the Japanese avant-garde. She lives in Canada as an independent composer, radio programmer and new music organizer, focusing on electroacoustic music and computer-assisted performance.
Steve Peters makes music and sound for dance, theatre, radio, film, recordings, concert settings, galleries and public spaces. His work has explored environmental sound for many years and has been published, performed and broadcast internationally.
PUC is a quartet from Woodstock, New York, formed in 1989 by Chris Lane, loops and guitars; Harvey Jones, synthesizers; Peter Buettner, winds and electronics; and Carl Adami, bass. PUC has produced four releases and has been included on the Alternative Woodstock compilation. Their performances have been broadcast throughout the United States and Europe (including Latvia!). PUC plays live frequently and was featured in the 1994 Kleinert Concert Series of the Woodstock Guild. "If you thought that honest interplay and unposturing originality in music were both taking a snooze, wake yourself up...listen to PUC." David Torn