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Board of Directors
Ed Sarath, President
Professor of Music and Director of the Department in Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation at The University of Michigan School of Music. Also Director of the Program in Creativity and Consciousness Studies at UM. His most recent CD release is New Beginnings, featuring the London Jazz Orchestra performing his large-ensemble compositions. Performer, composer, educational reformer and theorist.
www.edsarath.com
Maud Hickey, Vice President
Dr. Maud Hickey is associate professor, and coordinator of music education at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. Her research interests include alternative approaches to assessment and creative thinking in music. Other areas of interest include utilizing technology in music education, teaching composition in schools, and comprehensive musicianship through performance.
Karlton Hester, Vice President
Karlton E. Hester, Ph.D. (composer/flutist/saxophonist), began his career as a composer and recording artist in Los Angeles where he worked as a studio musician and music educator. He received his Ph.D. in composition from the City University of New York Graduate Center and is currently Director of "Jazz" Studies at the University of California in Santa Cruz. Hester specializes in premeditated, spontaneous and electro-acoustic composition. A performer on both flute and saxophone, his formal study included Harry Nelsova and Paul Renzi on flute, Joe Henderson and John Handy in "jazz" improvisation, composition with Bruce Saylor and Robert Starrer, as well as lessons with Frank Chase and Bill Tremble on saxophone.
LaDonna Smith, Treasurer
As Violinist and violist, LaDonna Smith has been on the international new music scene for well over 20 years. She is an active performer, as well as an educator and native of Birmingham, Alabama. By networking with organizers and musicians from other cities, and through her work with the improvisor, she has been responsible for keeping improvised music alive in the South Eastern United States. She has performed at practically every major improvisation festival and many of the New Music Festivals. She has toured Europe on numerous occasions, playing solo and in collaboration with local musicians. Her travels have taken her to the former USSR, Siberia, and Japan.
Betty Anne Younker, Secretary
Betty Anne Younker, Associate Professor and Chair of the Music Education Department at The University of Michigan teaches, researches, clinics, adjudicates, and makes music. Research interests include philosophy and pedagogy of music education, and critical and creative thinking, while music making occurs with the Vocal Arts Ensemble in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
http://www.music.umich.edu/faculty_staff/younker.bettyanne.lasso
Sarah Weaver, Executive Director
Sarah Weaver is the Executive Director of the International Society for Improvised Music. Weaver has been working for nonprofit arts organizations since 2000, and has been the Executive Director of ISIM since its inception in 2004. Sarah Weaver is also an improviser, composer, performer, and educator based in New York. She is the Artistic Director of Weave and the Deep Listening Apprentice of composer Pauline Oliveros.
www.weavesoundpainting.org
www.deeplistening.org
India Cooke, Director
India Cooke, violinist, composer and educator, plays a wide range of music - from classical to jazz. India has performed in San Francisco Bay Area symphony and opera orchestras, chamber ensembles, and Broadway shows. As one of California's most respected contract artists, she has performed as featured soloist with Joe Williams and the Louie Bellson Orchestra, and has played with Sarah Vaughn, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and many others. Her continuing jazz and improvisation experiences include performances with Pharoah Sanders, Sun Ra, Cecil Tayor, Pauline Oliveros and many others. As an educator, Ms. Cooke was an Artist-in Residence at the San Francisco School of the Arts, and currently teaches at the San Francisco Community Music Center, Mills College, Santa Clara Children's Shelter and at her private studio. She has conducted lecture/performances in Bay Area public schools, colleges, and other educational programs.
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