A cello rock powerhouse featuring three cellists and a drummer, Cello Fury's original music combines the emotive and symphonic sounds of the cello with driving rock beats to create a cinematic, progressive rock sound. Continually developing their own unique style of cello rock music, cellists Simon Cummings, Ben Muñoz and Nicole Myers unleash vitality and rhythmic drive in their music and dare to venture past classical expectations. Based in Pittsburgh, PA, the band's collective experiences have allowed them to perform on radio and television, in rock clubs, concert halls, and music festivals throughout 23 states and abroad. Photo by Jeff Swensen

Texture Contemporary Ballet strives to enhance the greater Pittsburgh area by creating and presenting original movement that upholds high classical ballet standards of technique and skill, within a more diverse and contemporary style. Our artists express creativity and passion through the process of collaboration and performance, in an attempt to inspire an appreciation of dance, and enliven and educate the public.

T. Foley, a conceptual artist, makes videos, performances, and public art projects. She creates scenarios in which blow up dolls drive cars, ventriloquist dummies perform material lifted from craigslist, and people make and share regionally based ringtones at www.locallytoned.org. She lives in Altadena, CA, but calls Pittsburgh home. Photo by  Larry Rippel

Artists Image Resource (AIR) is an artist-run organization that integrates the production of fine art printwork with innovative educational programs that explore the creative process.AIR provides print and imaging services to professional artists and educators. Our goal is to maintain an active and vital imaging laboratory that supports artists and facilitates creative activity.

 
The August Wilson Center Dance Ensemble celebrates the diversity of dance by bringing dancers of different backgrounds and styles together, that have a powerhouse of repertory that features the beauty of athleticism. With such an engaging and spirited group of dancers, the August Wilson Center Dance Ensemble is known for setting the audience ablaze with energy. With choreography and technique to be envied, AWCDE was able to claim a spot on Dance  Magazine’s 2012 “Top 25 to Watch!” Photo by Lois Greenfield
 

The mission of Bricolage is to immerse artists and audiences in adventurous theatrical experiences that foster connections and alter perceptions. Bricolage actors will be in character as Pittsburgh legends as they escort you from the Convention Center to The Andy Warhol Museum.

PAS | STACEE PEARL dance project (SPdp) began as an informal incubator for movement exploration in the Fall of 2009, and has since produced critically acclaimed dance centered multi-media works such as OCTAVIA, based on the life and writings of Octavia Butler, and ...on being... a movement-centered installation examining personal identity in relation to the notion of post-blackness. SPdp’s home base, Pearl Arts Studios, is where the artistic directors collaborate on visual, sound, and movement art projects, and share their private creative space with the community through informal showings, classes, workshops, and residencies. SPdp proudly served as resident dance company for the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater between 2010 and 2013, where they premiered three evening length works, and developed the performance series, Interim. Photo by John Altdorfer

Herman Pearl is a sound artist who performs and creates under the name Soy Sos. He is the sound designer/composer and co-founder of STAYCEE PEARL dance project and was a founding member of Chill Factor International, Soma Mestizo, and 3 Generations Walking. Photo by John Altdorfer

The Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra, led by Sean Jones, is made up of 17 of the finest soloists, ensemble players, and arrangers in jazz music.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
The River City Brass, the world’s only full-time professional Brass Band, consists of 25 horns and 3 percussionists under the baton of the renowned Conductor, James Gourlay. Featuring a 42 concert series in 6 locations throughout Western Pennsylvania, the River City Brass is well known for its diverse and entertaining repertoire ranging from traditional marches and patriotic themes to contemporary works, Latin rhythms, doo wop, show tunes and much, much more.  The band is scalable in size to fit most any budget and is willing to perform anywhere a good time and some great music is needed; with the River City Brass, it’s always a blast!

Phat Man Dee is an old-fashioned jazz torch singer with a number of new twists. She sings & duets her original compositions and eclectic repertoire of standards in English, Spanish, French and sometimes German and Hebrew. She will be hosting the annual AFTA jam session with her group "The Cultural District", and this year’s event is playfully called "Phat Man Dee's Cavalcade of Stars...featuring Bob Lynch and Friends!".
 

Jazz trumpeter Sean Jones and spoken word opera-aria-ist Vanessa German duet in sound.  Photo by Renee Rosensteel

Eric Singer will present the League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots (LEMUR) GuitarBot, an exotic, robotic electric guitar. Eric Singer is an artist, engineer, programmer and musician. He has over 20 years of arts and multimedia programming, engineering and performance experience in the areas of interactive performance systems, electronic musical instrument design, music and graphics systems and multimedia. He performs and lectures around the world and teaches a wide range of subjects integrating art, technology and creative engineering. Photo by Elizabeth Keating