Todd Walton has been performing his original songs and compositions for over forty years. He plays the guitar and piano, sings, and has composed and performed the soundtracks for several documentary films. An oft-published fiction writer, Todd often combines his music with readings of his short stories. He has performed at Mills College, CalArts, Loyola Marymount, and the Mendocino Art Center, not to mention countless dives and cafes. His CDs of short stories are I Remember You, Buddha In A Teacup, and I Steal My Bicycle. Todd’s readings of Buddha In a Teacup and his novel Inside Moves (made into an Academy-Award nominated film) are available from Audible.com, and Inside Moves has recently been released on DVD. Todd’s newest novel Under the Table Books has just been published by Lost Coast Press. Scenes from Todd’s classic short film Bums At A Grave (in which Todd sings) may been seen on Youtube or in its entirety on Todd’s web site Underthetablebooks.com.
A professional cellist for forty years, Marcia Sloane grew up in Honolulu where she began playing cello at age nine. While a music major at Stanford University, Marcia left college to join Don Ho’s Waikiki orchestra, after which she studied north Indian classical singing at Sonoma State University and earned her degree in India Studies. A teacher and composer, Marcia plays in orchestras and chamber ensembles as well as collaborating with choreographers, visual artists, storytellers, filmmakers, and theatre companies. In the 1980's she played with the acoustic fusion band Ancient Future and the Caravan Stage Company in Canada. Marcia directs Navarro River String Camp, a biannual musical retreat for adult string players. She has produced several CDs of original music and Cello Drones for Tuning and Improvisation, a CD used by musicians throughout the world.
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