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 ]
Blair McMillen
Blair McMillen has established himself as one of the most versatile and sought-after pianists today. The New York Times has called his playing “lustrous,” “riveting,” and “prodigiously accomplished and exciting.” Recent performances include the Moscow Conservatory, Carnegie’s Weill Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harvard University, Caramoor, Miller Theatre, the Minsk (Belarus) Conservatory, and concerto appearances with American Ballet Theatre at City Center in NYC. His solo playing has been broadcast on “CBS-Sunday Morning,” NPR, Fuji-TV, WQXR, and WNYC. [ more ]
Jessica Meyer
Violist Jessica Meyer is a versatile performer who has been featured as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player throughout the world. With her “focused, beautifully centered” playing (Allan Kozinn, the New York Times), Ms. Meyer has premiered several solo pieces for viola – including recent New York premieres at Merkin Concert Hall and at the MATA Festival. Jessica performs a wide variety of chamber music with Piaclava (a touring clarinet, viola, and piano trio) and the Musicians of Lenox Hill. Passionate about education, Jessica conducts many workshops for Lincoln Center Institute, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and the Little Orchestra Society. [ more ]
Sharon Roffman
Violinist Sharon Roffman, prize winner in the 2003 Naumburg Foundation International Competition, made her solo debut playing the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the New Jersey Symphony in 1996 under the baton of Music Director Zdenek Macal. In March 2004, Ms. Roffman made her Carnegie Hall debut as a featured soloist in Vivaldi’s Concerto for Four Violins with Itzhak Perlman playing and conducting, as well as in a “Live from Lincoln Center” broadcast showcasing the Perlman Music Program in 2003. [ more ]