Thomasina Petrus is a 25-year equity actor and professional jazz vocalist, a company member at Penumbra Theatre, Mixed Blood Theatre, and Park Square Theatre, and has performed with the Twin Cities’ most beloved artists. Mentors and friends, James “Cornbread” Harris, Sr., Javetta Steele, T. Mycheal Rambo, Stokley, Walter Chancellor, Austene Cleopatra Van, and Prince, have encouraged [...]
Joe Colihan
Joe Colihan is a skilled musician with versatile abilities. He specializes in guitar, bass, keys, and vocals. Though Joe particularly enjoys blues and standards, he enjoys the full spectrum of music covers. Joe Colihan for years has played at many senior living facilities in the NE Metro, as well as residences for developmentally disabled individuals. [...]
MarimbaMatt
Video game enthusiast Matt Silverberg (AKA MarimbaMatt) has carved a niche in the music world thanks to his love of video game music and the marimba. He has arranged a plethora of video game and film music that have garnered thousands of views on YouTube and has performed as a marimba soloist at numerous conventions [...]
Biig Miic
Mike “Biig Miic” Brooks, a Chicago native, is a multi-faceted artist who utilizes his artistry to teach, mentor, and inspire the masses. An innovator who developed the curriculum for his class Hiptronic that he taught for two years at Maranatha Christian Academy. He honed his teaching skills throughout his nine years at Urban Ventures as [...]
Joe Davis
Joe Davis is an award-winning spoken word artist and bestselling author who uses poetry to power possibility. He is the founder and director of Finding Your Freedom Practice, an artist collective teaching holistic health and wellness practices through spoken word, writing, music, theater, film, and dance. Joe holds a Master of Arts degree in Theology [...]
Ardaa Ensemble
Ardaa Ensemble is led by poet Ahmed Yusuf on vocals with Magan playing the Oud and vocals, and fellow COMPAS Teaching Artist and Performer mick laBriola on percussion. After fleeing Somalia, Ahmed Ismail Yusuf lived in several states, but has lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota, since 1997. He did not speak English when he arrived, he [...]
Scott Keever
Scott Keever is an award-winning fingerstyle guitarist from Minneapolis, MN, who combines an American roots sound with styles as far ranging as Celtic, Balkan, and jazz. He is an engaging, multifaceted performer who is as comfortable playing slide resophonic guitar as he is playing classical or folk guitar.As well as being a solo performer, Scott [...]
Sarina Partridge
Sarina Partridge is a musician, song-leader, educator and activist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She feels most alive when learning, creating and sharing songs — especially songs that grow out of time spent in wild places. Sarina sings with a wide variety of music projects: community choir song-leading; singing/ playing with folk trio Heartwood; and performing [...]
