Northwest Experimental Guitar Orchestra
Lorin Benedict + Casey Tessier

The Northwest Experimental Guitar Orchestra is a Seattle-based ensemble of musicians from diverse performance backgrounds. They perform new works that explore alternative methods of scoring, conducting, and technology integration. By favoring approaches that avoid traditional Western music notation, they make participation accessible to everyone, regardless of background, training, or education. They will perform a suite of three compositions inspired by particle physics. All movements are presented without a live conductor, each using a different form of audio or visual technological guidance.

Lorin Benedict is a California-based improvising vocalist—essentially, a scat singer—who works in jazz and jazz-adjacent music. He specializes in small-group improvisations—solo, duo, and trio—in which structured forms are approached in a distinctly loose and playful way.

Casey Tessier is a professional tap dance artist and award-winning percussionist from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, she has devoted her life to honoring, sharing, and advancing percussive dance as an instrumental medium for representation, communication, and inspiration.