MaTovu is excited to host Synoptic Frequencies, a quarterly event featuring experimental music performed in sacred spaces.

Lia Kohl is a composer and sound artist based in Chicago. Trained as a cellist, she also incorporates synthesizers, field recordings, toy instruments and radios into her work, searching for a balance between virtuosity and curiosity.  Lia performs as a soloist, a collaborator and composes works for ensembles, and has arranged strings for Makaya McCraven, Circuit des Yeux, claire rousay, Steve Hauschildt, and many more.

Zachary Good is a clarinetist, composer, arranger, and teacher based in Chicago.  He is the clarinetist of Eighth Blackbird, and a member of many ensembles including Ensemble Dal Niente, Mocrep, ZRL, and Honestly Same . As a composer, Zachary explores contrapuntal possibilities on the soprano clarinet with small–interval multiphonics (”close dyads”), creating the illusion of multiple clarinetists playing simultaneously. His quietly virtuosic music is inspired by the intricacies of the clarinet and a love for Baroque nuance and form.

STL's own Todd F Dillon is a multifaceted collaborator, keyboardist, and composer, as well as one-third of the band Huht. Dillon creates soothing sonic miniatures in his solo work that recall the compositional simplicity of Erik Satie, the gentle electronics of Hans-Joachim Roedelius, and the experimental atmospheres of Asmus Tietchens.