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Chris Opperman (b. 1978, New York City) is an award-winning composer and musician, college professor, and major music industry professional.

“Chris Opperman is not only a great player and composer, but a fine improviser and a talented bandleader as well.” – The All-Music Guide

Opperman started his record label Purple Cow Records in 1998 with the release of his first album Oppy Music, Vol. I: Purple, Crayon. which was produced by Zappa alumni Mike Keneally. Opperman’s other albums include a solo piano album Klavierstücke (2001), an album of improvised duets called Concepts of Non-Linear Time (2004), a live album Beyond the Foggy Highway (2005), a second studio rock album The Lionheart (2010) which features an entire orchestra plus rhythm section on its finale piece “The Porpentine,” a single called “Aphrodite Nights” (2011) for the gourd tree, a unique instrument invented by Harry Partch, and a jazz/rock EP Studio House (2012) which features originals plus covers of songs by Frank Zappa and Carla Bley. All of his recorded works are available for streaming on Spotify and other digital music services.

In 2019, Opperman launched a successful Kickstarter for his sixth full length album, Chamber Music from Hell, which will feature many of his more avant-garde compositions. This will include a recording of “Owl Flight” (2018) featuring the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble and “Are We Living in a Computer Simulation?” (2019) featuring guitarist Dweezil Zappa. The album is being produced by composer Kurt Morgan who plays bass guitar in Dweezil’s band. The album will feature artwork by legendary comic book artist Mark Buckingham (The Sandman, Fables, Miracleman) and is due out in 2020.

Other recent projects include the upcoming Undertale LIVE video game music tour with Fifth House Ensemble featuring Toby Fox’s music arranged by Eric Roth with Chris Opperman. The interactive concerts will include an app that will allow audience members to vote, in real time, on story elements that will determine what songs are played in the concert. Opperman also assisted AWR Music with the music prep for the Mannheim Steamroller Christmas 2019 Tour.

In addition to his own music, Opperman has performed, recorded, and/or orchestrated with several music industry luminaries and ensembles including the aforementioned Mike Keneally, guitarist Steve Vai (with whom Opperman performed on two Grammy-nominated works: “Lotus Feet” and “The Attitude Song”), Indian classical music masters L. Shankar and Zakir Hussein, the Harry Partch Ensemble, the band Missing Persons, as well as former members of Duran Duran, the Counting Crows, and many, many others.

Opperman earned his B.M. in Music Business/Management from Berklee College of Music, his M.A. in Music Composition from Montclair State University, and is currently a.b.d. in his Ph. D. program at Rutgers University under the advisement of Dr. Christopher Doll. His composition teachers include Robert Aldridge, Dean Drummond, and Charles Fussell. As a professor, Opperman has taught courses on music theory/composition, music business, music technology, as well as both popular and classical music history, and hopes to teach many more!

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Kahlil Sabbagh is a multi-Instrumentalist and professional music educator based in Los Angeles, Ca.

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André Cholmondeley, musician, synthesist, guitarist, founder of Project/Object, the longest running Zappa-alumni-based tribute band on earth for 25+ years

André is usually on tour somewhere, teching or tour managing for a variety of legendary artists or with Project/Object.

Cholmondeley now performs guitar and electronic music online regularly.

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Gerry Fialka worked for Frank Zappa for 9½ years. Artist, writer, and paramedia-breather lectures world-wide on experimental film, avant-garde art and subversive social media. Praised by the LA Times as “the multi-media Renaissance man,” and LA Weekly “a cultural revolutionary.”

His PXL THIS Film Festival celebrates 31 years of electronic folk art in 2021. His writings appear in magazines: Canyon Cinema, OtherZine, CineSource, and his new book Strange Questions: Experimental Film as Conversation. His feature film The Brother Side of the Wake (BroSide) is the experimental documentary about Venice, CA, due for release soon. Gerry’s interview series MESS.

He hosts the Marshall McLuhan-Finnegans Wake Reading Club (established 1995) and you can read his Zappa essay here.

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American soprano Lisa Bremer is currently residing in New Jersey where she is pursuing her Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance at the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University.

Lisa first starting singing in a classic rock cover band called “The Mugshots” singing Heart, Pat Benatar, etc.

Lisa’s first major opera role was Dido in Dido and Aeneas. She has sung roles such as Amy in The Battle of Bull Run Always Makes Me Cry, Dot in Sunday in the Park with George, and Miss Todd in The Old Maid and the Thief.

Lisa is also a chorus member of the MSU University Singers and Ars Musica Chorale. Lisa is a voice student of Beth Roberts and when she is not performing she is the Teaching Assistant for Dr. Heather Buchanan and Chorus Administrator for Ars Musica Chorale.

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Ohio-born and raised, LA based keyboardist, singer and songwriter Al Holbrook.

Holbrook grew up influenced by funk, blues and hip hop genres. Over the years, the artist has perfected his style of raspy, blues-based music that’s infused with gritty soul and R&B. The result is a sound that is instantly catchy and also down-and-dirty. The vibe is designed to make live shows feel like a big party, keeping every performance new and exciting.

Holbrook has hit many hot spots, such as the Bourbon Street Blue and Boogie Bar Nashville (Residence 2013-2017) The Bluebird-Nashville, The Mint LA, Rhythm Room LA (Residence current) to Mojo Blues Club Copenhagen and Dillons Reykjavik. They’ve played festivals and clubs around the world. The group’s sound showcases Holbrook’s diverse style, with songs ranging from funky, and folky to bluesy and hip Urban vibes. The band has released several discs: “Dirt Road”, “Rocket Ships for Dreamers”.