Samantha Bounkeua is a queer performer-composer-producer and founder of Rogue Violin Studios, a remote string-driven production company dedicated to supporting creatives in elevating the emotional impact of their storytelling.  A recent recipient of the California Arts Council Emerging Individual Artist Fellowship for 2023, she specializes in cross-media collaborations that amplify queer/femme voices that often explore themes of vulnerability and mental-health. A graduate of Oberlin Conservatory, Samantha participated in the Re-Presence Artist Residency at Stanford University (2022) and has performed internationally at the Britten-Pears New Music Festival, Festival de Opera San Luis, Tuscia Opera Festival and more. Her work has featured in the International Meg Quigley Vivaldi Symposium, Kerala Short Film Festival, Breaking Ground Contemporary Dance Festival, among others (www.rogueviolin.com).