Nathan Michel makes music in both the classical and rock traditions. His debut album of melodic, lo-fi electronic music entitled abc def was released in 2002 on Tigerbeat6 records, and he performs live with computer, keyboards, voice, and other instruments. Currently a Ph.D. composition fellow at Princeton University, Nathan has also studied with Elliott Schwartz at Bowdoin College, with Louis Andriessen in Amsterdam, and at Yale University with Ezra Laderman and Martin Bresnick. Recognition for his work has come from Yale, Bowdoin, ASCAP, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters from whom he received a 2002 Charles Ives Scholarship. His interests range from the concision and rhythmic vitality of Stravinsky to the poetic ramblings of Captain Beefheart, and some things in between. Dear Bicycle, Nathan's second record for Tigerbeat6 was released in July 2003, and a recording of his live performances entitled Trebly will be out October 2003 on the Italian label Mr. Mutt. www.nathanmichel.com 
From improvised "new music" to kitsch cabaret and virtuosic contemporary and Chinese opera, Madden Gray performs solo and with companies including Opera Factory (London), Elision Ensemble (Australia), Robyn Orlin (South Africa) and Mikel Rouse (NYC) in venues as diverse as NYC's Lincoln Center, Berlin's Hebbel Theater, Sydney's Opera House, Zurich's Theater Spektakel, Tokyo's Saitama Theatre and numerous international arts festivals. She also appears as a comedienne in Australian film and television. Melissa is a graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, has a Bachelor of Laws (Hons)/ Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Fine Arts and German from the University of Melbourne, and was awarded a DAAD scholarship to study theatre in Berlin.
Melissa has recently completed a creative fellowship in Berlin with Olivier Award-winning choreographer Robyn Orlin on a "love tour" performance piece for the city. In New York her next appearance will be in John Jesurun's twenty-one year "avantgarde serial," "Chang in the Void Moon," at LaMama, October/Nov 2003. Future collaborations include work with Lindsay Vickery using STEIM's imag/ine interactive software and the Miburi Japanese movement-sensitive sound-suit and a multimedia piece with Japanese pianist Tomoko for Amsterdam's music film and doco-maker Frank Scheffer (to be performed in theatres and European supermarkets).
Melissa's French alter-ego Meow-Meow has performed almost everywhere including the Kulturhaus and Hafen in Berlin, Club Zho and the Spiegeltent for Melbourne Festival, and many clubs in New York. Her stage show "Meow-Meow. The Farewell Concert" was directed by Nick Philippou, produced by The Art Party, and performed at The Belt Theatre NYC in June. Meow-Meow has just finished a season hosting the Dublin Festival's Spiegeltent, and returns to New York to launch "212: The New Bohemia" at "SHOW," Oct 18 and 25, 2003. She heads next to The Glamour Room in Shanghai. Of course.
"Melissa Madden Gray lets loose an explosive performance energy...(her) physical and vocal performance is acrobatic and virtuosic." Tages-Anzeiger (Zurich) 2002 (for Moon Spirit Feasting, Zurich Theater Spektakel)
For a recent interview see: www.realtimearts.net/rt45/madden_gray.html