Claire Marx currently teaches ensemble singing, cabaret, and private voice at Cornish. She has also music directed Cornish productions of Chicago, Secret in the Wings, Xanadu, and James and the Giant Peach. She has also worked as assistant choreographer/director for Sister Act and Singing in the Rain. She and Rich will be teaming up to work on The Theory of Relativity this fall. She has also taught at Village Theatre, The Evergreen School, Redmond Academy, The Meridian School, and many locations with Seattle Public Schools. Recent local stage credits include: Hairspray at Village Theatre, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at Seattle Children's Theatre, The Bishop's Wife at Taproot Theatre Co., The Odyssey educational tour with Book-It, Romeo and Juliet with Seattle Shakespeare, and a handful of new musical workshops at the Seattle Rep.

Heidi Vanderford's teaching journey is marked by a rich tapestry of experiences. From her full-time role at The Bush School during 2020-2021, to her part-time position at Our Lady of the Lake in Seattle in 2017-2018, Heidi has left an indelible mark on her students' musical growth. Her adaptability and dedication in the face of challenges, especially during the COVID period, showcase her unwavering commitment to education.

With degrees from Pacific Lutheran University and Indiana University, Heidi's vocal prowess is equally impressive. She has graced stages worldwide, portraying iconic roles like Carmen and Frida Kahlo. Heidi's performances on cruise ships, spanning 26 different countries, stand as a testament to her global impact in the world of music.

A career highlight was sharing the stage with Placido Domingo at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Spain. In addition to her international achievements, Heidi is a regular performer with the Seattle Opera Chorus, further solidifying her presence in the local music scene. Her talent has also been celebrated locally, securing 3rd place in the esteemed 2022 Seattle Opera Guild Development Awards. Heidi's bilingual proficiency in Spanish and English enriches her teaching, creating an inclusive and vibrant learning environment. Here, she imparts not only technical proficiency but also a profound love for the art of music, making her a truly exceptional figure in both music education and performance.

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.  

A freelance flutist, artist, improviser, and composer in the Seattle area, Leanna Keith delights in creating sound experiences that make audiences laugh, cry, and say: “I didn’t know the flute could do that!”  She also teaches as the flute professor at Cornish College of the Arts. Her performance artworks have focused on cultural connection and the breaking of audience/performer boundaries. In 2021 she released her first solo album, TAROT Album, which she composed, performed, recorded, and mixed. The album release show premiered online, featuring collaborations between choreographers, digital media artists, stop motion artists, puppetry, and more.

Leanna is currently a co-director of the chamber music ensemble Kin of the Moon, with violist/improviser Heather Bentley and composer/vocalist Kaley Lane Eaton. Kin of the Moon is an improvisation-centric, technology-friendly chamber music series incubated in Seattle's rich musical scene. The series explores sonic rituals, promotes cross-pollination of genres, emphasizes the communicative power of specific performance locales, and celebrates the creativity that multiplies itself through the collaboration of performers and composers.

Seattle fiddler Ruthie Dornfeld’s vibrant, expressive playing is voiced in a wide range of traditional fiddle styles, from Celtic, American Old-Time, and French Canadian, Scandinavian, and Eastern European. She has performed and taught widely throughout the US, Europe, and South America. During her 15 year sojourn in New England, Ruthie studied at Berklee College of Music, was a member of the twin fiddle stringband The Poodles, the bluegrass band Boston City Limits, the Hungarian band The Pulis, was a mainstay on the contra dance circuit, and toured Europe with tapdancer Ira Bernstein and with the Copenhagen-based American Cafe Orchestra. Since returning to the Pacific Northwest in 1996, she has been a member of the French cabaret group Rouge, performs with guitar master John Miller, with the quintet Tangoheart, and for local contra and English dancing.

Daniel Goody has been working in the performing arts field since 2001 starting in the UK as a sound engineer. Presently working as the Head of Audio at the Playhouse in Seattle for Cornish College of the Arts, his work has spanned many disciplines over the years including audio, light and video design. His primary collaboration since 2015 has been with the Danish immersive theatre group Sisters Hope.
Following a decade in Sweden as the Technical Director at the culture house Inkonst Malmö, Daniel formed artistic partnerships with a number of performance, dance and theatre groups based throughout the Nordic and European regions. These collaborations, with groups such as; Institutet, White On White, Jon & Juli and Lucie Tuma explored the family, critical whiteness and the relationship to the body on a wholly radical level.

David Taylor Gomes (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.

Matt Sircely is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist living in Port Townsend. He has provided adjunct mandolin instruction at Cornish also teaching annually at workshops and classes over the years in places like Washington, Idaho, British Colombia and Louisiana, and the Mandolin Symposium in California. Over the years, Matt has introduced hundreds of mandolin students to their first swing tunes on mandolin. A founding member of the string swing ensemble Hot Club Sandwich, Matt appears on the most recent Hot Club Sandwich album alongside mandolin master David Grisman on half of the tracks.

As an instrumentalist, Matt Sircely has performed extensively in a breadth of stylistic contexts such as folk, blues, Tejano roots music, klezmer and other Jewish music, country bands and bluegrass outfits, everything from the old-time square dance community to the Seattle jazz scene. His musical interests extend to the many folk styles from around the world. Most recently, he has been cultivating a deep passion for fiddle tunes related to his ancestral roots in Southwestern Pennsylvania.

In 2008, Sircely co-founded a roots fusion band with a Cornish student at the time, the late great Joseph Mascorella on drums and vocals. Together, they worked for years striving to reach new heights in composition and improvisation. Matt has also performed in duo format with many artists, including songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Danny Barnes, who also produced his first album of all original songs. Sircely and Barnes also released an album recorded live in California which included several of Matt’s own songs.

As a music writer on assignment for the Fretboard Journal and other music magazines, Sircely has researched and written articles about legendary artists including Andy Statman, Wade Mainer, Juan Reynoso, Radim Zenkl, Hamilton de Holanda, Lee Stripling, Calvin Vollrath, Buell Neidlinger, Danny Barnes, and the founding of the David Grisman Quintet.

At his home on the Olympic Peninsula, Matt Sircely is always writing songs and producing new recordings. He enjoys spending time in his vegetable garden and programming the music lineups at his local farmers markets.

Matt Sircely is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist living in Port Townsend. He has provided adjunct mandolin instruction at Cornish also teaching annually at workshops and classes over the years in places like Washington, Idaho, British Colombia and Louisiana, and the Mandolin Symposium in California. Over the years, Matt has introduced hundreds of mandolin students to their first swing tunes on mandolin. A founding member of the string swing ensemble Hot Club Sandwich, Matt appears on the most recent Hot Club Sandwich album alongside mandolin master David Grisman on half of the tracks.

As an instrumentalist, Matt Sircely has performed extensively in a breadth of stylistic contexts such as folk, blues, Tejano roots music, klezmer and other Jewish music, country bands and bluegrass outfits, everything from the old-time square dance community to the Seattle jazz scene. His musical interests extend to the many folk styles from around the world. Most recently, he has been cultivating a deep passion for fiddle tunes related to his ancestral roots in Southwestern Pennsylvania.

In 2008, Sircely co-founded a roots fusion band with a Cornish student at the time, the late great Joseph Mascorella on drums and vocals. Together, they worked for years striving to reach new heights in composition and improvisation. Matt has also performed in duo format with many artists, including songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Danny Barnes, who also produced his first album of all original songs. Sircely and Barnes also released an album recorded live in California which included several of Matt’s own songs.

As a music writer on assignment for the Fretboard Journal and other music magazines, Sircely has researched and written articles about legendary artists including Andy Statman, Wade Mainer, Juan Reynoso, Radim Zenkl, Hamilton de Holanda, Lee Stripling, Calvin Vollrath, Buell Neidlinger, Danny Barnes, and the founding of the David Grisman Quintet.

At his home on the Olympic Peninsula, Matt Sircely is always writing songs and producing new recordings. He enjoys spending time in his vegetable garden and programming the music lineups at his local farmers markets.

Sarah Comer grew up learning from generations of old time fiddlers here in the Pacific Northwest, and for 22 years has delighted in passing that unique flavor of Northwest fiddling —where southern style hoedowns are played beside Canadian reels, Irish jigs, and Scandinavian waltzes—on to her students. This melting pot music and its connection to traditional folk dancing inspired her to start a community dance band class in 2014, where folks could experience the music in its natural habitat. 11 years later, the class is still going strong and has grown to include a second band (The Raccoon Carnival) known around the Seattle contra dance circuit for their wild arrangements and multipart harmonies.  Outside of teaching, Sarah has performed music of the 1800s for living history museums (including the Job Carr Cabin and Fort Nisqually), serves on the board of the Seattle Folklore Society, and is the Fiddle Community Coordinator for Northwest Folklife.

A freelance flutist, artist, improviser, and composer in the Seattle area, Leanna Keith delights in creating sound experiences that make audiences laugh, cry, and say: “I didn’t know the flute could do that!”  She also teaches as the flute professor at Cornish College of the Arts. Her performance artworks have focused on cultural connection and the breaking of audience/performer boundaries. In 2021 she released her first solo album, TAROT Album, which she composed, performed, recorded, and mixed. The album release show premiered online, featuring collaborations between choreographers, digital media artists, stop motion artists, puppetry, and more.

Leanna is currently a co-director of the chamber music ensemble Kin of the Moon, with violist/improviser Heather Bentley and composer/vocalist Kaley Lane Eaton. Kin of the Moon is an improvisation-centric, technology-friendly chamber music series incubated in Seattle's rich musical scene. The series explores sonic rituals, promotes cross-pollination of genres, emphasizes the communicative power of specific performance locales, and celebrates the creativity that multiplies itself through the collaboration of performers and composers.

Daniel Goody has been working in the performing arts field since 2001 starting in the UK as a sound engineer. Presently working as the Head of Audio at the Playhouse in Seattle for Cornish College of the Arts, his work has spanned many disciplines over the years including audio, light and video design. His primary collaboration since 2015 has been with the Danish immersive theatre group Sisters Hope.
Following a decade in Sweden as the Technical Director at the culture house Inkonst Malmö, Daniel formed artistic partnerships with a number of performance, dance and theatre groups based throughout the Nordic and European regions. These collaborations, with groups such as; Institutet, White On White, Jon & Juli and Lucie Tuma explored the family, critical whiteness and the relationship to the body on a wholly radical level.

From a young age, I've been captivated by light and its power to transform the world around me. At seven years old, I begged for a camera, eager to capture the magic of my small world through photography. This insatiable curiosity has fueled my journey as a visual storyteller, leading me across the globe to film and edit stories for brands worldwide. Through these experiences, I've grown as a person, and I remain just as curious and excited to explore new stories and mediums.
My artistic practice as A Box In The Sea extends into multimedia, print, and sound art. In my sound lab, I experiment with soundscapes and scores, translating them into visuals and rendering them into pen and ink. This process of creating and transforming sound into art is a continuous cycle of discovery, and it's a journey I feel lucky to be on.