James Miles worked as an educator in the New York City public schools for almost 20 years prior to moving to Seattle in 2017. Originally from Chicago, Miles has worked internationally as an artist and educator, and his work has been featured in magazines, books, podcasts, and newspapers. Miles is an assistant professor at Seattle University, Chief Strategy Officer at Path with Art, and on the advisory board of SXSW EDU. His work has been featured in media including Complex magazine, the Seattle Times, the New York Times, NPR, Billboard Magazine, CBS, NBC, the US Department of Education, ASCD, and more. His acclaimed Tedx Talk focuses on his mission to narrow achievement gaps using the arts as a tool to navigate systems of educational inequality. He is the author of Gotta Stay Fresh.

Brian is a musician who has worked with Jonny Copeland, Bobby Radcliffe, Bunny Domino and others.  He was a founding member of BBQ Bob and the Spare Ribs and produced their first recording.  He came to woodworking by experimenting with a more ergonomic design for basses to alleviate periodic bouts of tendonitis.  

He learned the basics of woodworking from master carpenter Joe Guida (Guida Woodworks, Flagstaff, AZ,) during the course of building his first prototype.  Since then, he improved his skill by trial and error and getting advice from the master wood workers at IsGood WoodWorks and Ballard Woodworking.  In 2020, he started Miller Basses and produces about three uniquely designed basses each year.  

Moving between avant-garde, jazz, classical, rock, and pop, Abbey has been busy gigging as a bassist for nearly two decades, playing with Seattle’s best and beyond: including Alvvays, La Luz, Wayne Horvitz, Macklemore, Jonathan Wilson, and Cassandra Jenkins. However in the last handful of years, she has begun to focus more on composing and leading groups of her own, namely her self-titled solo project as well as the instrumental trio Rae.

Under her name, she has released an EP, and three LPs, each garnering notice from all corners of the web and beyond. Her songwriting calls back to the lyrical, hanging melodies of Sibylle Baier and Linda Perhacs, with angular, geometric chord progressions that lean in satisfying directions. Rendered through a self-assured and distinctive musical vocabulary, her songs offer an inspired and idiosyncratic take on “personal” songwriting, with insights into the central pressure points of human experience that run deeper than transparently confessional.

Outside of performing, she teaches private lessons at Cornish College of the Arts and in her own studio. She also leads the Garfield HS Jazz 2 Big Band and runs clinics and sectionals in a variety of public schools and through STG. Abbey holds a master's degree in Jazz and Improvised Music and a bachelor’s of music in Double Bass Performance from the University of Washington.

BC Campbell is an American composer of contemporary music. Working with Academy and Emmy Award winning storytellers, BC's music is featured in the Smithsonian, PBS American Masters, NPR, NatGeo, as well as Kanopy and Amazon. As an interdisciplinary composer and multi instrumentalist, he works in film, theater, contemporary dance and performance as well as the concert stage. Recently, NPR's "Lost Patients" was nominated for a Peabody Award.

BC Campbell is an American composer of contemporary music. Working with Academy and Emmy Award winning storytellers, BC's music is featured in the Smithsonian, PBS American Masters, NPR, NatGeo, as well as Kanopy and Amazon. As an interdisciplinary composer and multi instrumentalist, he works in film, theater, contemporary dance and performance as well as the concert stage. Recently, NPR's "Lost Patients" was nominated for a Peabody Award.

Alma David Taylor (he/they) is a composer, music director, and actor, best known for writing Boxed Up: The Musical and Ranked, featured in the HBO Documentary “My So-Called High School Rank”. David was selected as a semi-finalist in the 2023 Eugene O’Neill National Music Theatre Conference for his new musical in development The Way. David also co-founded UproarTheatrics.com, a theatrical licensing company. In Seattle David has worked with Village Theatre, The 5th Avenue Theatre, Taproot Theatre, Showtunes, Artswest, and Seattle Children's Theatre. He has also performed at Sacramento Theatre Company, Capital Stage, and the iconic Birdland Jazz Club in NYC. In addition to performing, David coaches singers, songwriters, and pianists at his music studio in Seattle. His students have performed on Broadway, national tours, The Disney Channel, and many regional theatres across the US.