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. 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 ]
Steven Beck
”...one of the city’s most admired young pianists…” (the New Yorker, Nov. 28th, 2005) American pianist Steven Beck was born in 1978. He is a graduate of the Juilliard School. Mr. Beck made his debut with the National Symphony Orchestra, and has toured Japan as soloist with the New York Symphonic Ensemble. He has performed as soloist and chamber musician at the Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Miller Theater, and Steinway Hall as well as on the New York Philharmonic Ensembles Series and WNYC; summer appearances have been at the Aspen Music Festival and Lincoln Center Out of Doors. [ more ]
Douglas Boyce
Douglas Boyce’s music has been called “emotion-laden, vividly descriptive” and “drop-dead beautiful and insightful” by the Washington Post and “magical” by the New York Times. His work has been awarded the Salvatore Martirano Prize (2006), the Robert Avalon Prize (2010), and the League of Composers ISCM Composers Award (2005), and has been commissioned by Concert Artists’ Guild, the Catholic University of America, and violinist Miranda Cuckson. He is Associate Professor and Chair of Music at the George Washington University in Washington, DC, and is a founding member of the New York new music collective counter)induction. For information about his current projects, click here. [ more ]
Miranda Cuckson
Sought after as a soloist and chamber musician in a wide range of repertoire, violinist Miranda Cuckson has recently been praised as “fiercely gifted” (Time Out NY) and “a brilliant young performer who plays daunting contemporary music with insight, honesty, and temperament” (the NYTimes). She has appeared internationally as soloist with many orchestras, and has made four CDs for Centaur Records: concertos by Korngold and Ponce with the Czech National Symphony, and disks of music by Ralph Shapey, Donald Martino, and Ross Lee Finney, for which she was awarded grants from the Copland and Ditson funds. [ 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. [ more ]