Brandon McIntosh is a Seattle based sarod performer. His primary instrument is Sarod, a descendent of the early Afghan rabab. He began studying Indian music while working on a degree in percussion at Central Washington University. Upon receiving his degree, he moved to Kolkata, India to study sarod with Pandit Buddhadeb Dasgupta. While in India, he taught at the Calcutta School of Music, and performed in cooperation with a number of organizations such as: the Kolkata Shakespeare Society; Ramakrishna Temple, Belur Math; Calcutta Foundation Orchestra; and, Srijan. In 2005 he completed a Masters degree in music composition at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. During the past six years, he has composed instrumental, vocal, and improvisatory pieces, and his works have been performed in India, Ireland, Belgium and the United States. His honors include the Farrell Scholarship and the Departmental Honors Award in Music from Central Washington University, as well as two awards from University of Wisconsin - Madison: the FLAS Fellowship in Bengali of the Center for South Asian Studies and the Benward Grant of the School of Music. His works have been commissioned and performed by: EAR Ensemble, Ireland; Eugene Composers Collective, Oregon; and, the Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison. He has performed with such noteable people as: kathak danceer Sujata Banerjee, dhrupad singer Arijit Mahalanabis, and tabla player Yogesh Samsi. He has recently been accepted into the ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata, India.

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Rita Meher's first experience with television was in Japan while working as a "Coordinator of International Relations." She co-produced English Language Programming for Bato Cable TV in Bato, Japan. In Seattle, Washington, she has worked as a Media Production Specialist at Puget Sound Access TV, a Video Producer at Bellevue TV, and Freelanced for KOMO TV News. Rita co-founded a South Asian Film Organization called Tasveer, which screens independent films of South Asia. Rita also wrote, directed, and produced her own short film Citizenship 101, which has been screened at the Dallas Asian Film Festival, Bumbershoot One Reel Film Festival, and Seattle South Asian Film Festival ? in which she was a guest panelist in the women filmmakers� forum. She has worked with composer Hummie Mann and worked on various film and documentary productions in the Pacific Northwest. Most recently, Rita was the director of the 2nd Independent Seattle South Asian Film Festival - an event widely anticipated and attended.

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