• Read more about Quey Percussion Duo

For more than 19 years, Quey [“Kway”] Percussion Duo has dazzled audiences worldwide with their unmistakable style that blends traditions of Western, cross-cultural, contemporary, classical, and popular music to create colorful sound worlds that often place focus on interlocking counterpoint and musical multi-tasking.  QPD has a knack for elevating the basic acts of striking, shaking, and scraping into a blast of energy mixed with a splash of curiosity.  Having performed on 5 continents and extensively throughout the US, QPD has worked with music festivals, art galleries, chamber music series’

• Read more about Allie

Allie Press is a Maryland-born actor. She earned her BFA in Acting from Towson University, where she dabbled in makeup and costuming. Today, she's based in Baltimore City, working for Simpler Media Productions and working on launching her film-acting career. Her true loves are Shakespeare, boy bands, and her pup Hazel.

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My name is John Edwards, I go by my artist name JB. I’m a music artist based in Hagerstown, MD and I love everything I do with music. 

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CHARLES ‘RAHMAT’ WOODS has performed on flute or saxophone with Roy Haynes, Helen Humes, Don Cherry, Tarika Blue, Conjunto Peligro, Jean Paul Bourelly, Odean Pope’s Saxophone Choir, Eva Cassidy, Little Helena, Poetry in Motion, Jazz-E, The Peace on Earth Ensemble, DC Jazz Festival’s Jazz for Healthier Generations, and others in New York, Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia Areas.

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Empress J is a quadruple threat in the entertainment industry. She is a singer, writer, dancer, and actress/producer. Empress founded and is the CEO of Healing Out Loud Theatre & TV Productions, Island Fete Fitness Dance Company, and Empress J Music.   She is CEO and Co-Founder of the AfriCaribbean Festival an international project bringing together the Caribbean and African Cultures. She has tackled the music industry, as well as the poetry scene.

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