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Scott Patterson is a pianist, composer and librettist of incomparable talent, whose work has been described by the Pittsburgh Review-Tribune as “a masterly blend of virtuosity, singing style and beautiful voicing.” His blend of classical, soul and rock music is futuristic, emotive and luxuriant.

Since 2012 Patterson has toured with Camille A. Brown & Dancers. He is contributing composer of the Bessie Award winning Mr. TOL E. RAncE and Brown’s critically acclaimed work, BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play and ink. His compositions for these have been performed for audiences at numerous venues, such as, Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, Belfast Festival at Queen’s, White Bird, The Joyce Theater, and Debartolo Performing Arts Center.

Patterson is co-founder and Artistic Director of Afro House, a Baltimore-based art house committed to creating disruptive, music culture. Through Afro House, Patterson leads the Astronaut Symphony, a contemporary ensemble that creates symphonic performance art pieces. His compositions for the ensemble include the Afrofuturistic opera-ballet, Cloud Nebula and the sci-fi tone poem Ebon Kojo: The Last Tribe. He also serves as Music Director and Composer for the Afro House Concert Series.

As a director, Patterson directed the theatrical performances of Cloud Nebula. The work has been performed in both traditional and non-traditional venues, including festivals, such as Artscape and Brilliant Baltimore, The Peale and The Walters Art Museum, the Afro House Concert Series and WTMD as a live radio broadcast.

Patterson is a 2020 Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund Fellow and a recipient of the 2020 Regional Independent Artist Award for Performing Arts from the Maryland State Arts Council. He is a 2019 Baker Artist Award, Mary Sawyers Imboden Awardee, and is a recipient of a Creative Baltimore Fund Grant and Artist/District Grant.

He studied under Richard Fields at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music and Phillip Kawin at the Manhattan School of Music.

Alisha Patterson is the co-founder and Managing Director of Afro House, a Baltimore-based organization committed to creating disruptive, music culture. Since the organization’s founding in 2011, Patterson has been at the forefront of producing live experiences that are in alignment with its ambitious mission. They include, Cloud Nebula, an Afrofuturistic sci-fi opera-ballet, the Afro House Concert Series, which celebrates Baltimore’s extraordinary maker scene, and the 100 Year Symposium, a conversation about what a community might be like in 100 years.

As one of Afro House’s chief architects, Alisha has successfully secured funding from foundations such as the T. Rowe Price Foundation and Robert W. Deutsch Foundation and has partnered with entities such as, the Creative Alliance, The Peale Museum, Mixolo and numerous Baltimore makers to expand the reach of the organization’s work. In addition, she has played an instrumental role in the commissions Afro House has received from both local and regional theaters and the prolific and highly acclaimed choreographer, Camille A. Brown. She also worked closely with Afro House’s Artistic Director on creating his award-winning Baker Artist Portfolio.

In 2016 Alisha was tapped by Kaisha Johnson, the Founding Director of Women of Color in the Arts to manage the organization’s flagship program. Under Alisha’s stewardship, the Leadership Through Mentorship program has become a highly sought-after career and community building opportunity for entry level, mid-career and seasoned arts administrators of color. Kibibi Ajanku, the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance’s Equity and Inclusion Director, appointed Alisha to the Urban Arts Leadership Council in 2019.

Alisha has a Master of Arts degree in Organizational Management from The George Washington University, a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature and Certificate of Concentration in Women’s Studies from the University of Cincinnati.

Styles is a theatre director, liturgist, (occasional) theological writer and the Associate Artistic Director of Afro House. His interests and expertise lie in ritual, performance and strategic thinking, providing a locus for discerning and creating meaning. Working on Cloud Nebula allows him to connect his deep interests in science fiction, myth, and ritual into a holistic experience of theatre for social change.

He holds a B.F.A. in electronic media from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, with an additional focus in African American cultural production. While at UC, he co-founded and was artistic director of the Black Arts Collaborative. He has an M.A. from Loyola University Chicago in applied philosophy and theology.

Patterson is a dancer with Ballet Austin in Austin, TX and serves as Afro House’s Choreographer in-residence. He began his dance studies at the Ballethnic Academy of Dance. At age 17 he attended the School of American Ballet and later the National Ballet School of Canada. As a member of Ballet Austin, Preston Patterson has had the privilege of performing in Stephen Mills’ Wolftanzt, Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project, Belle Redux/A Tale of Beauty & The Beast, George Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante, the Peasant Pas de Deux from Giselle, and the Blue Bird in Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty.

In 2017 Patterson directed the dance film, entitled The Carefree Prophet (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKja4hcPX5k). In 2015 he choreographed 1896 for the Southern Illinois Music Festival and he created the choreography for Scott Patterson Live at The Forum Theater! in 2013.