is a composer, conductor, and interdisciplinary artist born and raised in Shiraz, Iran. His compositions draw on Persian classical and folk traditions, as well as contemporary classical music vocabularies, to express his deep concerns about the political and social realities of the world. Through his art, Sepehr reflects on his personal journey as an immigrant and his commitment to activism. He has been commissioned and performed by ensembles, including the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, MISE-EN Ensemble, Network for New Music, Arcana New Music Ensemble, ENA Chamber Opera Company, Pacific Chamber Orchestra, Argus String Quartet, PRISM Saxophone Quartet, and Unheard-of Ensemble. Sepehr has also received fellowships from Harvard University's Fromm Foundation (Composers Conference) and the Presser Foundation.

As a conductor, Sepehr pursued his Master's Degree in Orchestral Conducting at Central Michigan University, where he studied under Dr. José-Luis Maurtua. During his time there, he served as the artistic director and conductor of Central Michigan University’s New Music Ensemble, Pierrot Ensemble, and Concert Orchestra, while also fulfilling the role of assistant conductor for the CMU Symphony Orchestra. While residing in Michigan, Sepehr conducted the Vintage Community Orchestra. In 2020, he began serving as the director of the Temple Composers’ Orchestra (TCO). Sepehr has also been invited to guest conduct for the ENA Ensemble and Alter Ego Chamber Opera Company. He is currently the artistic director and conductor of Temple University’s New Music Ensemble.

He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Music Composition at Temple University, where his research focuses on the intersectionality of art and activism. Sepehr is based in Philadelphia and plays Persian Kamancheh and Tanbour. He is the co-founder and artistic director of the Shiraz Ensemble.

is a performer and educator based in Philadelphia. His primary instruments are the santour, tombak, and daf. Before moving to the United States, he served as the director of the Sepidar Ensemble in Shiraz, Iran, where he collaborated with numerous music groups. During his time in Iran, Sina also worked with Fars TV and the Radio Broadcasting Channel. As an educator, he taught at Fazel University of Art and various music institutions in Iran. Sina earned his master’s degree in ethnomusicology from Guilan University in Rasht, Iran, and he holds a bachelor’s degree in Iranian music performance from the Shiraz University of Art. Now living in Philadelphia, he performs with various music ensembles. Sina is also a co-founder of the Shiraz Ensemble and is passionate about integrating different musical cultures and backgrounds.

is a passionate Kamanche player who began learning the instrument and developed her technique with Ardeshir Kamkar, later exploring the study of Radif with Sina Jahanabadi. Now based in Philadelphia, she pursued a Master's in Museum Management and works as a Special Collections Specialist at Princeton University’s library. Outside of her work with rare books and archives, Noushin is an active member of Shiraz Ensemble, where she enjoys playing Kamanche, experimenting with new sounds and creative expressions.

is an Iranian composer/performer/multi-instrumentalist and multi-media artist. He works with sounds, images, words, situations, expectations, Iranian dastgahi music, forms and frames. His creative purview includes performance art, poetry, text-image, sound design, video art, improvisation, Iranian music (especially dastgahi music), community building, and archiving. 

His compositions challenge the pre-defined roles and definitions of music making and concert performance through interdisciplinary approaches, collaborative environments and playing around with collective memory and perception of continuity. As an improviser he implements some of his compositional techniques and issues around decision making alongside the language and affordances of Iranian Dastaghi music.

He has regularly worked with artists such as Nat Baldwin, Mat Wellins, Michael Pestel, Ramtin Mokhtari, Manuel J. Perez, Shawn O’Sullivan, Eliza Marovitz, Katarina Mazur, Tobias Haus, Sam Boston, Emma Mistele,  Loren Wang, Marie Carroll, Xingyan Guo, Negar Soleymanifar.  He has also had the chance to collaborate on some projects with Peter Zummo, David Vantieghem, Alex Waterman (as a part of the Arthur Russell’s City Park project led by Nick Hallet), David Behrman, Nicolas Collins, Lea Bertucci, Wesleyan Laptop Ensemble, Pamplemousse Ensemble and String Noise Duo. He is also a liminal member of Shiraz Ensemble. He is currently studying Experimental Music/Performance in the graduate program at Wesleyan University. He holds a BA in Composition from the Tehran University of Art and has years of experience studying santur and Radif of Iranian Dastgahi music with Majid Kiani.