Craig Davis Pinson is a composer, improviser, and musicologist from Mexico City. He cultivates aspects of contemporary composition and improvisation with collaborators from a wide range of backgrounds in Chicago and Mexico City, drawing from post-rock, chamber music, and experimental techniques to conjure up both earthy and ethereal sounds.

Jonathan Hannau is a Chicago-based composer and pianist devoted to the surreal, minimal, abstract, and colorful possibilities of music. He actively embraces eclecticism and explores concepts of narrative, drama, and stark expression by evoking a kaleidoscopic range of timbres.

Mai Sugimoto will perform a solo acoustic set on her saxophone, flute, and others. Of her debut solo album, monologue (Asian Improv Records, 2021), Brad Rose of Foxy Digitalis writes that "Intensity is a common theme that permeates Chicago saxophonist Mai Sugimoto’s work. Her debut solo album, Monologue, is one of the year’s most memorable sonic statements with its ferocious physicality and melodic sensibility. For music that might be difficult, I find it surprisingly approachable and engaging. Sugimoto’s skill is boundless as she can jump between different ideas while stitching them together with a common material thread. It’s music that demands attention and must be felt to be heard."