Karina Pardus is the President of the Female Composer Safety League, Chair of the Executive Committee of Mamas in Music, and works in music education as the Music Director of the Adults with Disabilities Program at Tanner Dance through the University of Utah.

We talk to Faint Halos’ Paul Hashemi

Being a parent must surely have helped my writing… given me a depth of emotion and years of life experience that cannot be absorbed, unless lived. But the other thing is that my children are all incredibly musical and this has pushed me to learn new instruments and to improve my own playing.

Singer-Songwriter Heidi Vincent

From the early days of receiving his first guitar at the age of 14 to the present, Christian Imes of Animals in Denial, has remained unwavering in his pursuit of passion and skill, venturing from local bands to self-produced music.

At its core, “Remembrance” is elegantly minimalist – a blend of Harper’s emotive voice and a piano that doesn’t just accompany but converses with every note she sings.

George Collins takes listeners on a poignant and personal journey with his soul-stirring song, “My Wish For You.”