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Sam Green is a New York-based documentary filmmaker. Green’s most recent live documentaries include A THOUSAND THOUGHTS (with the Kronos Quartet) (2018), THE MEASURE OF UTOPIA (2014), THE LOVE SONG OF R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER (with Yo La Tengo) (2012), and UTOPIA IN FOUR MOVEMENTS (2010). With all of these works, Green narrates the film in-person while musicians perform a live soundtrack. Green’s feature-length film, THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND, had its U.S. theatrical premiere at Film Forum in 2003, was nominated for an Academy Award, included in the Whitney Biennial, and has screened widely around the world.

New Zealand-born American composer Annea Lockwood (b. 1939) brings vibrant energy, ceaseless curiosity, and a profound sense of openness to her music. Lockwood’s lifelong fascination with the visceral effects of sound in our environments and through our bodies—the way sounds unfold and their myriad “life spans”—serves as the focal point for works ranging from concert music to performance art to multimedia installations. Read more.

Nadia Sirota is a violist, conductor, and Peabody Award-winning producer and broadcaster. Known for her “tenaciously good ear and her ability to throw herself bodily into the landscapes that composers bring to her,” (Pitchfork) she has performed with acclaimed orchestras around the world, and released four albums of commissioned music. She is a member of the chamber sextet yMusic, and has lent her signature sound to a dizzying array of projects, appearing on albums and concert stages with such popular artists as The National, David Bowie, Björk, Paul Simon, Ben Folds and Anohni. She currently serves as Creative Associate at the Juilliard School. Read more.

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