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KALAISAN KALAICHELVAN is a composer and pianist based in Toronto, Canada. His compositional practice spans multiple disciplines, drawing from film, dance, theatre, installation and deals with themes of translation and transference.

Named by Ludwig Van as one of “six emerging Canadian composers to keep an eye on” and Playback’s 10 to Watch, his music has been performed and premiered by celebrated ensembles such as Pro Coro Canada, the Dior Quartet, NMC Ensemble and Extended Music Collective. Kalaisan was awarded the SOCAN Emerging Composer Award in 2023. He was also recently awarded the esteemed Kathleen McMorrow Award by the Ontario Arts Foundation in 2024 for the composition and presentation of contemporary classical music in Ontario. In 2023, Kalaisan wrote the music for the film In Flames, which was selected as the Pakistani entry for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.

Kalaisan’s music is defined by its genre-bending boldness, its refined classicism and musical ingenuity. Having worked across various disciplines and communities of thought, Kalaisan seeks to bring together incongruous institutions to build novel structures that reflect his artistic upbringing.

CHRIS PRUDEN is a pianist, keyboardist, composer, and educator based in Toronto ON.​ His own projects include Little Jim, and the solo piano album SUNS on Elastic Recordings.

Some groups he’s a part of include Tara Kannangara, Zinnia, Sammy Jackson, Adversarial Networks, Future Machines, Ronley Teper’s Lipliners, Language Arts, Parade, Marito Marques, Moonbliss, Kira May, Blue Season,  Mark Godfrey Quintet, Mack Longpre Group, BaruBaru, Northern Danger, Nick Teehan

ZOE MARKLE is a versatile bassist who brings a creative and exploratory approach to her music. She has performed extensively across the United States as well as in Canada, Germany, and Belgium. Her career has seen her collaborate with esteemed artists like Mark Dresser and Germany’s renowned Ensemble Modern. Additionally, Zoe has contributed to two DownBeat award-winning recordings. Her passion for contemporary classical music has led her to commission and premiere many works by composers such as Joseph Schwantner, Nomi Epstein, Molly Joyce, and John Supko.

Zoe is a founding member of the contemporary classical and improvisational piano trio, Else, If Else, and the international multidisciplinary collective, Inland Ocean. She is passionate about collaboration and co-creation, and her work has been recognized with collaborative residencies at the Centre for Arts and Creativity in Banff National Park and the Equivalent Behaviour Space in London.

Zoe holds a Master’s degree from the Eastman School of Music and a Bachelor of Music degree from Lawrence University.

WALKER GRIMSHAW is known for the diversity of his sound, combining traditional acoustic instruments with a more experimental palette. Recent credits include AMI’s “Breaking Character”, VICE’s “Net Worth”, Paramount+’s “26th Street Garage”, and The National Film Board of Canada’s “Dear Audrey” for which he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination. His album release for Atmospheric Studies II was supported by a live light show exhibited at multiple venues across Canada.

Recent collaborations with composer Adrian Ellis have found success in a colourful blending of their complimentary styles – an exciting partnership that challenges them to push their sound and process to new levels. Together, they have scored feature films (The Legacy of Cloudy Falls, and Mother Father Sister Brother Frank), TV movies (We’re Scrooged), and series (Believe, Cursed Histories, & Revolutions That Changed History). The duo was recently awarded Best Original Score For A Feature Film at the Canadian Screen Music Awards.