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Nief-Norf’s community is built on a rich history of innovative performances and deep artistic collaborations. With expertise honed over more than nineteen years of genre-defying projects, we are proud to serve creatives at every stage, from emerging artists to seasoned professionals. Our flagship event, the Nief-Norf Summer Festival, and our vibrant Knoxville community events are cornerstones of our commitment to both the local community and the exploration of 21st-century musicianship and artistry. Join us as we continue to shape the future of contemporary music through performance, collaboration, and community engagement.

Kevin Zetina is a passionate performer, composer, and arranger of all things contemporary whether it be performing seminal works of the last century, premiering or writing brand new works, or arranging popular music for classical settings. He has performed with members of Eighth Blackbird, Ensemble Signal, the JACK Quartet, and the Bang on a Can All-Stars.

Currently, Kevin is the Lecturer in Percussion at the Natalie L. Haslam College of Music at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Kevin holds a BM from the Eastman School of Music with the Howard Hanson Scholarship where he studied with Michael Burritt, and he earned his MM and MMA degrees from Yale University as a Havemeyer Scholarship recipient under Robert van Sice. Kevin’s music is published through Liquidrum, and he is a proud Pearl/Adams concert performing artist.

Joo Won Park (joowonpark.net) makes music with electronics, toys, and other sources that he can record or synthesize. He is the recipient of Knight Arts Challenge Detroit (2019) and the Kresge Arts Fellowship (2020). His music and writings are available on ICMC DVD, Spectrum Press, MIT Press, PARMA, Visceral Media, MCSD, SEAMUS, and No Remixes labels. He currently teaches Music Technology at Wayne State University.

Joshua Muetzel is a composer whose work is drawn to the commonalities in human experience, the fundamental and mystical qualities of nature, and the ways in which human beings and the natural world interact. He is interested in numbers and patterns in nature, climate change, interpersonal relationships, and personal introspection. He touches on these concepts through a narrative compositional style that reaches beyond categorizations of style or genre. His output runs the gamut from works for concert band and string orchestra to percussion ensembles and eclectic chamber groupings, including music for hardcover books and open instrumentation quartets. His music has been read, recorded, and performed by artists including arx duo, Calefax Reed Quintet, NOW Ensemble, Sandbox Percussion, numerous university ensembles, and many classical soloists. His music has been recognized by The American Prize, The U.S. Naval Academy Band, the Black House Collective, and others.

Black Atticus is the City of Knoxville’s Poet Laureate ordinary dude. extraordinary talent.