OSCAR SANTILLAN is a gifted Ecuadorian musician-shaman from a lineage of Quichuan healers. The teachings of the elders of the Andes say that now is the right time-space for them to share some of their ancient Andean traditions with the rest of the world. Their lineage centers on opening the heart and on the natural elements, bringing the natural world actively into our lives. The Santillan family runs a bicultural Quichuan-Spanish school in Quito and has created a Quichuan Cultural Center in Otavalo, the home of Oscar and his musician brothers. Santillan is very active in local and regional educational and musical activities, and his group, Pakarinka Sisari, has produced two CDs.

TERRY SAWCHUK, Associate Professor of Trumpet at the University of Colorado since 1983, has been Assistant Principal Trumpet with the Colorado Symphony; Principal Trumpet with the Colorado Symphony; Principal Trumpet with the Central City Opera Orchestra, the American Chamber Ensemble, the Denver Chanber Orchesta, and the Colorado Ballet Orchesta; and has performed and recorded widely. Also a member of the Buell Theater Orchesta in Denver, the Boulder Brass, and first call extra trumpet with the Colorado Symphony Orchesta, Sawchuk teaches and coaches trumpeters in a variety of musical styles from classical to jazz. Many of Sawchuk's students are professional musicians in orchestras, touring bands, and shows around the country.

SOUND CIRCLE is an a cappella women's vocal ensemble directed by Sue.