GNEISS (pronounced "nice"), a band from Los Angeles consisting of JEONGHYEON JOO (haegeum) JOSHUA GEROWITZ(guitar, composition), ETHAN MARKS (trumpet, composition), and GEORGIA E. BELL (bass, composition/design), brings a set of composed and improvised music themed on the formation and transition of rock.

Offering “a tone so pure it is almost a sine-wave” (The Wire), Adam Lion is an experimental percussionist who specializes in vibraphone performance. Interests that guide his music include improvisation, perception, acoustics, repetition, process, immediacy, and spontaneity. Notable projects include his release with Sarah Hennies and Ashlee Booth “The Reinvention of Romance” (Astral Spirits), a residency with New York University composer collective “nevermind the noise”, and his solo vibraphone album “Gilgul” (cmntx). He has collaborated closely with a diverse spectrum of contemporary artists including Harold Budd, bang on a can, and Brian Weitz of Animal Collective. He has received funding from New Music USA, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, The North Carolina Arts Commission and has been a featured performer at the Big Ears Festival, University of Chicago, the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, the Red Room, MASS MoCA, and the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center.

Jeonghyeon Joo is a haegeum performer/composer based in Los Angeles and Seoul. She explores the physical, social, cultural, and political relationship between the performer and instrument, frequently collaborating with composers, filmmakers, visual artists, and performance artists. She has received the Emerging Artist Award from the National Academy of Arts of the Republic of Korea (2024) and the Presidential Award of Korea (2012). As a soloist, she has premiered many contemporary works written for her, including a haegeum concerto recently premiered with Ensemble Modern. She received a Doctor of Musical Arts from the California Institute of the Arts and is currently an Assistant Professor at the Seoul Institute of the Arts.