(1938 - ) the pioneering Grammy-winning American composer, curator of this series, who continues to be internationally commissioned and performed after 65 years of composing

(1982 - ) the two-time Grammy winning, Pulitzer prize winning, super-imaginative American composer, founder of Roomful of Teeth

(1981 - ) the Grammy award winning Black American composer and violinist, Musical America’s Composer of the Year 2023

(1980 - ) the American composer, first woman to be commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera and first person to win the inaugural Music Critics award for best opera in 2017

(1962 - ) the multi Grammy award and Pulitzer prize-winning composer, flautist, and long time professor at the Curtis Institute

(1961 - ) the self-taught South Korean composer, winner of a number of lucrative prizes, living in Berlin

(1958 - ) the Pulitzer prize winning American composer, big mover and shaker in contemporary music circles and co-founder of Bang On A Can

(1956 -) the experimental Black composer, singer and performance artist, renowned for her pioneering electronics

(1950 - ) Founder of the American Composers Forum and first woman resident composer with a major orchestra in America. And a thinker, a speaker, and a musical mover and shaker

(1942 -) the American composer, singer, director, film-maker, choreographer and legend in her own lifetime, still composing and creating