Memye C. Tucker, Ph.D. is the author of The Watchers winner of the 1998 Hollis Summers Poetry Prize, and three chapbooks: Admit One, Storm Line, and Holding Patterns. Her poems have been published in Georgia Review, Denver Quarterly, Southern Review, Colorado Review, Oxford American Review, Prairie Schooner. A Callanwolde instructor since 1989, she has been a Fellow at MacDowell, VCCA, and Hambidge, and a Scholar at Bread Loaf. She has received artist's grants from the Georgia Council for the Arts and is a senior editor at Atlanta Review.

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Christopher A. Snyder works as Chair for the Department of History and Politics at Marymount University in Virginia. He earned his Ph.D. in Medieval History from Emory University and taught at Emory and the College of William and Mary. Dr. Snyder is the author of several books, including The World of King Arthur. He is a lecturer at the Smithsonian Institution and has appeared on BBC TV and The Learning Channel. He has special interest in Arthurian and Celtic lore and history.

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Kelly Stewart is a talented performer and respected teacher of traditional Celtic harp. Educated both at the University of Georgia and in Wales, she blends an extensive knowledge of ethnomusicology with the related history and folklore to create masterful historical, traditional and Celtic music. She is currently pursuing a Masters degree in triple harp performance and traditional music history with the University of North Wales. She studied with some of the great harpists of the time and, as a result, took her first professional championship at the age of 16. Kelly's specialty is Celtic music, her lilting soprano providing the English, Gaelic or Welsh lyrics to many of the traditional songs from Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the Isle of Man. She is equally at home with Classical or Baroque music, performed on period instruments.

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Ulla Suokko New York City-based concert artist Ulla Suokko, enjoys a versatile international career sharing the magic of music, poetry and stories throughout the world. Active both as a soloist and chamber musician, she has been featured in some of New York City’s most prestigious concert venues, including Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall and Miller Theater, appearing at the Lincoln Center Festival, American Composers Orchestra concerts, Museum of Modern Art's Summergarden series among others. Performing regularly with some of New York’s best contemporary music ensembles, she is a member of Continuum®, and a regular flutist for Columbia University’s Composers’ Concerts, Ms. Suokko enjoys collaboration with composers, and the process of exploring and inspiring new works for her instrument. Ms. Suokko was selected as the Performer of the Year 2002 by the Finlandia Foundation National Trust. This brought her creative and cherished programs of stories, music and poetry to audiences nationwide. In these entertaining and informative performances she leads the listener on a musical and poetic exploration of humanity, building a bridge between traditions and contemporary culture. Complementing her musical work, she gives workshops on peak performance, stress release, relaxation techniques, listening, communicating, and improvisation, as well as on the healing and transformational power of music. Her improvised, soothing solo flute CD, Bridge of Light, is an invocation for peace, balance, harmony and love. Fascinated by the poise and power of the martial arts, she practices Okinawan Shorin Ryu karate, embraces the passion and poetry of flamenco dancing, and studies in the class of Maestro Victorio Korhjan in New York.

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