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Sam Lipman is a passionate advocate for the transformation of tradition. Part classical scholar, part innovator, Lipman has composed for multiple genres and stages across the world. His award-winning productions for theater, film and the concert stage marry artistic discipline with story-telling fluency that appeals to all. Lipman’s work has shortlisted for an Oscar, won the Austin Critics Table award, and been performed in Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center and Sydney Opera House. He teaches his innovative philosophy as a Professor of Composition at UT Austin.

Dorothy O’Shea Overbey believes that the creation and practice of art is humanity’s most powerful means of healing and transformation. As an international dancer, choreographer, and producer whose work is rooted in classical dance and music, Overbey offers her audiences experiences of healing, wholeness, and empowerment. Overbey has been teaching that process of alchemy for nine years as Assistant Professor of Practice at UT Austin’s Department of Theatre and Dance. dorothyoshea.com

Kenzie Slottow believes that everything is connected, and makes work that bridges art forms, challenges the impossible, and feels human. Their work of the last few years includes an original musical made for live YouTube performance from across the country and a virtual interactive comedy experience with improvised live scoring by 6 musicians. Slottow’s productions have won B. Iden Payne awards, sold out shows, invited audiences to actively participate in the act of creation, and brought together local Austin production companies and artists to collaborate.

Jacob Schnitzer is a conduit through which the powers of music, storytelling, and art connect with others. Jacob’s work as a conductor spans symphonic, opera, and contemporary repertoire; his work in immersive concert design offers audiences unforgettable multisensory experiences. Recipient of The Solti Foundation U.S. 2023 Career Assistance Award for, he has served as Artistic Director of Density512 and Assistant Conductor Assistant Conductor of The Missouri Symphony. When not dreaming of ways to change the world, Jacob hikes, cooks, meditates, reads, and sings to his orange tabby cats.

Aurel Garza-Tucker is an arts administrator, music educator, and bassoonist who believes everyone deserves a meaningful connection with music and strives to facilitate those opportunities in her community. You can find her putting her values into action in many ways, including as Director of Program & Operations for Young Texas Artists, playing in various ensembles, maintaining a small private lesson studio, serving as a board member for line upon line, and as Vice President of the Austin Civic Orchestra Board of Directors. In her non-musical free time, Aurel enjoys baking, crafting, reading, and snuggling her pups Imelda & Pinto.

Founded by Dorothy O’Shea Overbey in 2017, Red Nightfall Productions creates films, live productions, and immersive experiences that focus on the transformative power of storytelling through dance, theater, music, design, and visual art. Red Nightfall Productions cultivates open and dynamic collaboration, operating on the principle that kindness, integrity and respect allow artists to operate at their highest potential. Their productions have reached thousands of Austin audience members and have employed more than two hundred Austin performing artists, designers, and technical crew.

Density512 is a chamber orchestra and collective of brave and open musicians in Austin, TX, who champion contemporary programming. We tell stories through imaginatively curated experiences, amplify the voices of groundbreaking and emerging artists, and cultivate interdisciplinary collaborations.