Lisa Mezzacappa is a San Francisco Bay Area–based composer, bassist, bandleader, producer, curator, and Executive Director of the Jazzschool known for adventurous work spanning avant-garde jazz, chamber music, electro-acoustic composition, interdisciplinary collaboration, and improvisation. Described by The Mercury News as “one of the most imaginative figures on the Bay Area creative jazz scene” and by KQED as “a Bay Area treasure,” she has led numerous acclaimed projects including Cosmicomics, avantNOIR, Organelle, Glorious Ravage, and the duo B. Experimental Band. Her music has been released on labels including New World, Clean Feed, Leo, and NotTwo, and supported by organizations such as the MAP Fund, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and the Andy Warhol Foundation. In addition to leading her own ensembles throughout the U.S. and Europe, she has performed with artists including Fred Frith, Nicole Mitchell, Myra Melford, and Vinny Golia, and remains deeply active as a collaborator, educator, presenter, and curator within the Bay Area creative music community.