Inti Curi Cachimuel is a virtuosic Quichua indigenous musician and composer from Otavalo, Ecuador with fluidity in a wide range of styles from traditional Andean to jazz. Cachimuel has performed in places such as the Lincoln Center, Smithsonian Folk Festival, Pequot Museum  and others. Some of his other musical projects include “Runa Jazz” a music ensemble with a unique sound blending Andean music with jazz.

In her Doctoral Music studies and beyond, Rebecca Hartka has always concurrently explored a variety of styles and improvisation. With a strong impulse to connect across cultures, Hartka was inspired to travel to Cuba and the Yucatán, Mexico in 2019 and 2020, where she collaborated with Mayan musicians in concert. In 2022 with a Water Honoring project, she improvised for bodies of water around New England, raising money for the CRC, Connecticut (Quinetucket) River Conservancy as well as the Schagticoke First Nations Land Restoration Project. Improvising with water inspired her to layer sounds using a loop station which culminated in May 2023 with Resonating with Nature a collaborative set of performances with husband Glass Artist Wesley Fleming at the Glass Biennale in Denizli, Turkey.