"Anne Efternøler (Anne Andersson, she/her) is a trumpet player, improviser and composer based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Efternøler works in the field of improvisation and modern/contemporary music primarily on the Scandinavian scenes. Her artistic output is characterized by a strong intuitive, or even emotional, connection to both her co-performers and the audience, as well as a distinctive relationship to her instrument, which she consideres a percussion instrument as much as a wind instrument."

"Maria Dybbroe (f. 1993), is a composer, improviser, saxophonist, and clarinetist based in Oslo and Copenhagen, who has released 9 albums with her own groups, and contributed to more than 20 albums of others.

Dybbroe is the leading force of the double-trio Caktus which gave her the nomination as 'Composer of the Year' at the Danish Critic's Prize 'Steppeulven' in 2020, as well as a nomination for 'Album of the year' at Danish Music Awards Jazz.

As a performer Dybbroe is known for her deep presence, her listening and very distinct voice on the saxophone.

In 2021 she won the title 'New Name of the Year' at Danish Music Awards Jazz with the collective band Maraton, and earlier she has received several prices and nominations for her political engagement and work for a blossoming and diverse jazz-scene in Aarhus and Copenhagen with the organisations Sun Ship and The Community.

Maria Dybbroe is both dedicated to working collectively in bands creating original music with; Køs, Maraton, Dynastiet, Orsa, JUMP, Sidechains and Coriolis, but she is also an active free improviser travelling around Europe playing solo or in adhoc-constellations. As a soloist she has been featured in various ensembles from Danish Radio Bigband to Kasper Staub Trio, and as a sidewoman she is part of the Copenhagen Clarinet Choir, Aspen4 and Jacob Anderskovs 'Spirit of the Hive'. Most of her work is centered around improvisation and she collaborates with dancers, poets, electronic musicians and pop-artists, among others; Pia Tafdrup, P.O. Jørgens, Pat Thomas, Marlene Bonnesen, Knut Aalefjær, Ståle Liavik Solberg, Laura Toxværd, Mija Milovic, Merdh Laleh, ZAAR, Anja Jacobsen and T.S. Høeg.

As a composer Dybbroe composes for many different kinds of ensembles ranging from duos to string quartets and bigbands, in the field between new classical music and jazz.

In 2025 she was commissioned a piece for the Norwegian percussion trio SISU as a part of Ny Musikks Komponistgruppe and in 2023 and 2024 she wrote two concerts for OJKOS - the Orchestra of Jazz Composers in Oslo.

Dybbroe works with traditional notation as well as graphic notation and instructions and she is a very curious and dedicated artist who is fascinated by melodies as well as more abstract sounds."

"Carolyn Goodwin is a clarinet, bass clarinet, alto and soprano saxophone player, born in Ireland (1983), and based in Copenhagen. Her work to date has seen her traverse many genres as a performer and creative artist, including opera, theatre, alt-pop and jazz, as well as the fields of contemporary and improvised music.

Carolyn has premiered contemporary chamber works (Irish Composers Collective, Crash Ensemble), working with composers such as Steve Reich, Bill Whelan and Hayden Chisholm. She has toured in Europe and North America with American band Bon Iver and Irish band Fred.

She has worked extensively in the world of theatre as a performer, composer, and arranger (ThisIsPopBaby, Corcadorca, Rough Magic, Cork Opera House, Abbey Theatre, Betty Nansen Theatre) receiving awards for her work (Edinburgh Fringe First, Irish Times Theatre Award).

Carolyn finds inspiration in traditional music from her native Ireland as well as other cultures. In 2016 she undertook field studies in Bamako, Mali, investigating the balafon playing tradition of the Mandinka people. In 2018 she was artist in residence at Laboratorio Artistico de San Agustin in Cuba, and in February 2019, she was artist-in residence at Mandagsklubben 5E in Copenhagen."

Her current projects include: Thou Sonic Friend with Peter Tinning (guitar, effects) and Birgitte Lyregaard (vocals, percussion, objects), We Go Where We Go with Spencer Gross (guitar) and Lars Emil Madsen (piano/keyboards), and Clang Sayne with Laura Hyland (compositions, nylon string guitar voice), Matthew Jacobson (drums, objects) and Judith Ring (cello, voice), Carolyn is also a member of Extemporize Orchestra, a supergroup of Scandinavian-based improvisers.