Ensemble Members
Kyle Bartlett
Kyle Bartlett was born in 1971 in Los Angeles. She began as a flutist, later also a drummer in bands and then a composer. She earned her Diploma of Flute Performance from the Longy School in 1995, and the PhD in Composition from the University of Pennsylvania in 1999, where her primary teacher was George Crumb. Other teachers include Herman Weiss, Beat Furrer and most importantly James Dillon. Her works have been performed across the US, including at Weill Hall and the MATA festival in New York, and the Boston Conservatory New Music Week, as well as in Europe, notably at the Darmstadt Ferienkurse and in numerous concerts by the Belgian ensemble Champ d’Action. [ more ]
Douglas Boyce
Composer Douglas Boyce currently serves as Assistant Professor of Music at the George Washington University in Washington, DC., and holds degrees from Williams College, the University of Oregon, and the University of Pennsylvania. His works have been performed in Philadelphia, New York, Aspen, Frankfurt and Prague. [ more ]
Benjamin Fingland
With performances capturing “spiritedness and humor,” “unflagging precision and energy” (The New York Times) and playing described as “something magical” (The Boston Globe), Benjamin Fingland interprets many styles of music on a variety of different clarinets. [ more ]
Sumire Kudo
Cellist Sumire Kudo is an active chamber musician, and a soloist, also a recent addition to the New York Philharmonic. [ more ]
Jessica Meyer
With her “focused, beautifully centered” playing (Allan Kozinn, the New York Times), violist Jessica Meyer is a versatile performer who has been featured as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player throughout the world. As an advocate of new music, she is the co-founder of the critically-acclaimed contemporary music collective counter)induction. She has premiered pieces for solo viola at Merkin Concert Hall and the MATA Festival, and has performed with Continuum and the Argento Chamber Ensemble. Jessica is the founder of Piaclava – a touring clarinet, viola, and piano trio that is often called upon for Educational Outreach concerts. Passionate about education, Jessica also conducts many workshops for hundreds of public school students and adults throughout the area for the Lincoln Center Institute, the Little Orchestra Society, and the Hudson Valley Philharmonic. Ms. Meyer earned her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School. [ more ]
Ryan Streber
Ryan Streber is a composer and audio engineer based in New York City whose works have been performed in the United States and abroad by artists and ensembles such as The American Composers Orchestra, The Lucerne Percussion Group, The Juilliard Orchestra, The New Juilliard Ensemble, Flexible Music, Line C3 Percussion Quartet, ACME, Gemini Youth Orchestra, Fountain Chamber Ensemble, and many others. His most recent orchestral work, Arcuare, was read by The ACO in its 2007 Underwood New Music Readings. Other recent works include new solo pieces for guitarist Daniel Lippel, percussionist Haruka Fujii, and cellist Sumire Kudo, as well as ensemble compositions for Counter)Induction, the Boston Conservatory Saxophone Ensemble, and Bacchae Fragments for 12 percussionists which was commissioned by the Lucerne Festival Academy and premiered under the direction of Michel Cerutti in 2006 in Lucerne.
Ryan received his BMA with Distinction and MMA from The Juilliard School, studying composition with Christopher Rouse and Milton Babbitt. He has been awarded the ASCAP Morton Gould award and Juilliard’s Palmer Dixon prize. Born in 1979 in Rochester, NY, Ryan currently resides in Manhattan and works as a freelance recordist and audio engineer. [ more ]