Sarah Jo Kirsch is a highly versatile vocalist/soundmaker based in the region of unceded Coast Salish territory colonially referred to as Vancouver. Steeped in Western European classical traditions and their evolutions, SJ has performed song, oratorio, and opera across Turtle Island and beyond. SJ is a sought-after premiere interpreter of new works, a composer of their own sound/text works, a session vocalist, and an active part of the local sound/noise improvisation community. SJ also offers their insight on song/voice as instructor/lecturer/facilitator/pundit for various arts organizations and academic institutions.

Viviane Houle is a Canadian vocalist, improviser, composer and psychotherapist. She has performed in international festivals (FIMAV, the Vancouver International PUSH Festival and Vancouver International Jazz Festival) and collaborated within theatre (The Only Animal Theatre Company; Boca Del Lupo); dance (Noam Gagnon, Vision Impure, Judith Garay, Kinesis Dance, Mascall Dance); and, animation (Matthew Talbot-Kelly, Pierre Hebert). She was featured as a soloist with Vancouver Opera, the Vancouver Symphony, NOW Orchestra, Ensemble SuperMusique (Montréal) and the Berlin Improvisers Orchestra.  Her graphic scores were developed at residencies with Yellow House Art Centre (Galiano, Canada) and Trondheim Voices (Trondheim, Norway), and performed with improvising orchestras (NOW Orchestra and Ensemble SuperMusique), poets (The Offending Adam), and improvisers in Canada and Europe. Her critically acclaimed album, Treize, a collection of improvised duets, was released on Drip Audio in 2009. In 2023 she released a book/album of graphic scores, the third iteration of her Unsung Songs project. Viviane teaches Vocal Improvisation in the Centre for Music Wellness program at theVictoria Conservatory of Music (VCM) as well as Introduction to Performance Awareness for the VCM/Camosun College Diploma in the Music Performance program.

Mind of a Snail is a shadow puppetry duo currently based out of Vancouver BC. Since 2003, Chloé Ziner and Jessica Gabriel have been developing a multilayered style of visual storytelling using overhead projectors as their main light source. Their performances play at the intersection of puppetry, visual arts, clowning & music.

They have designed and created original work for Vancouver Art Gallery, Science World, Persephone Theatre in Saskatoon and numerous others. They have performed in theatre & arts festivals across Canada such as Wildside Festival (Montreal), Revolver Festival (Vancouver), Summerworks (Toronto), Casteliers International Puppetry Festival (Montreal), Festival International des Arts de la Marionnette à Saguenay, Festival of Animated Objects (Calgary). International highlights include a tour of Taiwan 2017, performing on the Mainstage of the Puppeteers of America Festival in 2019 & Festival Internacional de Teatro de Sombras São Paulo, Brazil 2023.

Their show Multiple Organism won Critic’s Choice Innovation Award at the 2018 Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards. They were nominated for Outstanding Projection Design for Persephone Theatre’s production of Matchstick at the 2015 SATAwards in Saskatoon. Their shows Multiple Organism, Curious Contagious, Caws & Effect, and Against Gravity have won dozens of awards at Fringe Theatre festivals across Canada and the USA.