Ray Fahrner is an award-winning composer, conductor, database designer, writer and arts administrator, living in Cambridge, MA. His eclectic compositions include Colleges of Funk, for jazz band; CIRCLE: A Circus for Mime and Orchestra; and ten works for chamber chorus. As a choral conductor, he has directed the Cambridge Chamber Singers for 27 years, and is renowned for his innovative programming. He is the founding Director, Office of Performing Arts, for the Colleges of the Fenway, Boston, MA, where he has worked for ten years.