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Karlton E Hester

Karlton E Hester

Professor, Composer, & Director of Jazz Studies, Professor

Music Department

Areas of expertise: African Music, Music Composition, Contemporary Music, Experimental Music, Jazz, Computer Music


Biography, Education and Training

Karlton E. Hester, Ph.D. (composer/flutist/saxophonist), began his career as a composer and recording artist in Los Angeles where he worked as a studio musician and music educator. He received his Ph.D. in composition from the City University of New York Graduate Center and is currently Director of "Jazz" Studies (and member of the Digital Arts and New Media faculty) at the University of California in Santa Cruz. As performer on both flute and saxophone, he is founding music director of the Fill... more »

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Ashwin Batish

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batishs@sbcglobal.net

8314231699


Areas of expertise: Music, Music Composition, Performance


Biography, Education and Training

Ashwin Batish is a composer, sitarist and tabla player, teacher of music, and a recording artist. Over the past 45 years, he has taught at San Jose State University, Mills College, University of California, Cabrillo College, and at his Santa Cruz based private music school - the Batish Institute of Indian Music and Fine Arts. He is the son of legendary Bollywood Music Director, Composer, Author, Multi-Instrumentalist, and Vocalist Pandit Shiv Dayal Batish, who came to the States to teach In... more »


Areas of expertise: African American / Black Studies, Music Composition, Sound, Digital Arts, New Media, Performance, Archives, Archival Practices, Installation Art


Biography, Education and Training

Dr. Chari Smith is an NY Emmy-nominated composer and interdisciplinary artist working across sound, performance, and media art. As a performer, their work investigates societal “fault lines", points of tension and release that impact the human condition. As a media artist, their critical engagement with archives and embodiment operates through, with, and against technology, informed by Black cultural practices, scholarship, and technological methodologies. As a composer, they are known for... more »

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