Dr. Lord is the Founder & Executive Director The Global Z Recording Project. He holds a Doctorate in Adult Education, Training & Development – International Communication, a MA in Educational Media, Media Production – Distance Learning, and a BA Photography. He began playing music at the age of five while growing up in Woodstock, New York, namesake of the famous music festival. He has played in regional bands, has extensive experience with audio production, and is an award-winning commercial/ fine art photographer and songwriter.
Phase I Proof of Concept Project
In 2019, The Global Z Recording Project conducted its Phase I Proof of Concept Project. The Project brought together 34 student musicians from different locales across Maryland and Colorado, and created an original musical recording using virtual audio production, communication and collaboration technologies. Musicians ranged in age from middle school, to graduate students. Participants were at distances from 60-1700 miles from their recording space to the lead audio engineer. This project served as the foundation for the work we currently do.
Yangqian Hu is a Baltimore-based music producer and photographer. His work appears in numerous online and print publications, including CNN Create and CNNVE. Inspired by Roland Barthes’s presentation at Johns Hopkins University, elements of deconstructionist morality can be found in his works. Yangqian has his MM in Music Education and served as a music teacher in Baltimore City and Howard County.
Resumed painting again in 2019 after decades working as a journalist and musician. I paint in the folk art style and have exhibited at many events in Md & Va. My work has been selected for five juried shows at Ann Marie Garden Art Center in Solomons, Md. I formed The Grim Pickers bluegrass band in 1975 which played often in Md, DC and Va including performances at the Birchmere, Red Fox and King of France Tavern.
Matt Jackson (30) is the creator and founder of THFCTRY "The Factory" a hub and radio show focused on highlighting rising local musicians, artists, producers, and DJ's and consolidate the resources and opportunities to assist them with taking the next step in their creative journey. We also collaborate with local businesses and programs that offer priority to homegrown artists while building on the narrative of unity and cultural uplift.
Harriet Katz (b. 1944) grew up in New York, starting piano at 5 and switching to cello at 9. She has played the cello ever since, but didn't make music her career till later in life. An English major (Harvard-Radcliffe '66), she then moved to Los Angeles. In the early '70s she wrote and edited American Civil Liberties Union publications. Gov. Jerry Brown appointed her in 1976 as a public (non-lawyer) member of the State Bar of California's governing body.