Aurora Nealand strives to live at the intersection of Lunacy Avenue and Librarian drive. She is a sound artist and multi-instrumentalist (saxophones, accordion, voice) based in New Orleans, LA. Nealand is the leader of numerous projects including The Inquiry Quintet, The Royal Roses, The Monocle, Rory Danger and frequently tours and performs with Oceans & Trio (Tim Berne & Hank Roberts), John Hollenbecks' GEORGE, the Instigation Orchestra and Jazz at Lincoln Center Educational Programming. In 2019 she debuted KindHumanKind- a 90 minute fully staged theatrical show at the Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, based on her original music. She was thrilled to be a One Beat fellow in 2013, and since
that time has regularly worked as a musical facilitator with Found Sound Nation and has been involved with the Walden School for Young Composers (as a teacher/performer) for 20 years.