Annabel Punzel is a 22-year-old composer based in Chicago whose music lives at the intersection of classical elegance and imaginative eccentricity. Known for her vivid rhythms, colorful textures, and delightfully unpredictable harmonic turns, she draws inspiration from the shimmering hues of French Impressionism, as well as from folk melodies, rock grooves, and jazz-inflected harmonies—creating a […]
Joey Chimes is a multifaceted composer, pianist, improviser, and music teacher currently living in Chicago, IL. His music, while wildly eclectic in its juxtaposition of harmonic and stylistic traits, is marked by its organic sense of development and a keen attention to detail. His debut album, Reflections on Solitude, was released in 2020. His compositional […]
Benjamin Damann is a composer, percussionist, music technologist, & educator fromChicago. His internationally-performed works explore metric & rhythmiccomplexity, accessibility, habituation, & the timbral manipulation of acousticinstruments through physical preparation & electro-acoustic augmentation. Heseeks to normalize such complexities by generating works that engage with them interms of feel, groove, & intuition.His research utilizes combinatorics & linear […]
Mike Schwebke is a recording and performing artist on steelpan and percussion. He holds a Bachelor of Music and Performer’s Certificate from Northern Illinois University where he studied with Liam Teague, Cliff Alexis, Robert Chappell, Mike Mixtacki and Dr. Greg Byer. While at NIU Mike played in the NIU Latin Jazz Ensemble, NIU Bata trio, […]
Zae Munn is now a Chicago-area composer following her recent retirement from her position of Professor of Music at Saint Mary’s College in South Bend, Indiana. She continues as the Director and Resident Composer of the Summer Composition Intensive . Past faculty positions include Bowdoin College, Transylvania University, Lehigh University, and Interlochen Arts Camp. Her […]
Oboist Will Stevens is currently based in Chicago, performing as a regular member with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. He is also currently in the post-residency period of the Doctor of Musical Arts program at the Yale School of Music. His doctoral thesis explores an intercultural approach to analyzing and performing the work of Tōru […]
Cellist Ben Fryxell is a seasoned veteran of the concert stage, at home as a soloist, orchestral player, and chamber musician. Since 2022, he has served as Associate Principal Cello of the Jacksonville Symphony, where he was granted tenure less than a year after joining. Before that, he was a Fellow with the New World […]
Cristina Buciu is a native of Bucharest, Romania and comes from a family of well-known musicians. Her teachers include Sherban Lupu, Peter Zakofsky, and the Muir String Quartet. Ms. Buciu is an alumnus of the Academy of Music in Bucharest, the University of Illinois from which she holds a Master’s degree, and a recipient of […]
Priya Fink is a Chicago-based flutist, originally from Houston, Texas. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Flute Performance with a minor in Communication and Media from DePaul University and recently completed her MBA in Arts Innovation from The Global Leaders Institute. A passionate educator, Priya teaches flute and woodwinds in Sistema Ravinia’s Austin Nucleo. She […]
Jaime Garcia-Anoveros is a NYC / Chicago-based composer, violinist, and President / Co-Founder of the Deleuze New Music Collective (DNMC). He has been playing violin for fourteen years and composing for six. Jaime currently studies composition with Marcos Balter at Columbia University. Previously, he completed studies with GRAMMY-award winner Jessie Montgomery, Kevin James, Amanda Harberg, […]
Alex Reyes is a pianist, composer, and improviser who is currently based in Urbana, IL. He previously lived in Chicago, and had the pleasure of performing at venues such as the Chicago Public Library, Fourth Presbyterian Church, and the Green Mill. He plays a wide range of musical styles including new music, jazz/blues, folk music, […]
Ian Ding is a versatile and in-demand percussionist specializing in contemporary & orchestral music. He is a founding member and co-director of New Music Detroit, a member of the Fulcrum Point New Music Project (Chicago), and the Virgil Moorefield Band (Zurich). He serves on the percussion faculty at the DePaul University School of Music. He […]
A Chicago native, I am a dedicated French horn musician and instructor passionate about sharing my love for music. Holding a Bachelor of Music from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where I studied under Daniel Grabois of the Meridian Arts Ensemble, and currently pursuing a Master of Music in Horn Performance at DePaul University, I bring […]
Cellist and educator J Holzen is in constant pursuit of musical collaborations of all kinds, including contemporary chamber music, pop and jazz shows, and working with students to achieve their artistic goals. Their enthusiasm and sincerity as an artist and performer encourages audience members and students alike to join J on their artistic journey or […]
Caitlin Edwards is a visionary artist who seamlessly blends her cultural roots with her musical upbringing to curate performances that resonate with authenticity, impact, and joy. Caitlin began her journey with the violin at the age of eight through the Music Opportunity Program in Birmingham, Alabama. Since then, her multifaceted career as a violinist, composer, […]
Singularly devoted to challenging and redefining flute repertoire, Sasha Ishov is a versatile flutist, educator, and researcher dedicated to fostering connections across musical communities and advancing the art of flute playing. Praised for his “well-sounded and lucid” artistry (The San Diego Union-Tribune), his work spans old and new solo and chamber repertoire, experimental electroacoustic projects, […]
Derek Allen is a musician, composer, sound artist, and engineer from outside Chicago. Currently performing with Lower Automation and Formants, he has toured nationally and released music since 2009. He received a BFA in Sound Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2015, and is currently earning a Masters in Music […]
Salvatore Siriano is a Chicago-based composer, audiovisual artist, and educator whose work explores the intersection of sound, imagery, and nature through technology. He blends field recordings, synthesis, acoustic instruments, and self-filmed videos to create engaging multimedia experiences. Recent presentations of his audiovisual compositions include the Seoul International Computer Music Festival, the Central Washington University New […]
Matt A. Mason is a distinguished composer, pianist, and educator whose work spans across multiple genres, including contemporary classical, electroacoustic, and music theater. Currently an Assistant Professor of Musicianship at Roosevelt University, Chicago, Matt teaches courses in music theory, composition, and performance. His teaching interests reflect his expertise in post-tonal music theory, electroacoustic music, and […]
Composer Gustavo Leone is a Professor Emeritus of Music at the Department of Fine and Performing Arts of Loyola University Chicago. His principal composition teachers included Gerardo Gandini, Marta Lambertini, Ralph Shapey, Shulamit Ran, and John Eaton. He also studied electronic music with Howard Sandroff. Leone received a Walter Hinrichsen Award from the American Academy […]
Described as “dazzling” and “scintillating,” (Classical Source) and lauded for her “beautiful singing lines” and performances filled with “drama and energy” (Joan Tower), pianist Emiko Edwards continues to captivate audiences with her sincere musical interpretations and wide variety of tonal color. Edwards’s international performing career has taken her across North America, Europe, and Asia, where […]
Carolyn Sundlof Boudreau is a crossover vocalist and pianist. She has performed with Stare at the Sun, the Chicago Symphony Chorus, Music of the Baroque, Grant Park Music Festival, Chicago Opera Theater, Skokie Theater, 4 Chairs Theatre, and Big Noise Theatre. Carolyn also serves as cantor at Saints Faith, Hope & Charity in Winnetka, IL. […]
Originally from Chicago, Marissa Simmons is a contralto, noted for her “deep, evenly produced mezzo and theatrical magnetism” (South Florida Classical Review). She is also distinguished by her “comic precision” (San Francisco Examiner) and praised as “una formidable” (Especial/El Nuevo Herald). Simmons earned a Master of Music under Catherine Cook at the San Francisco Conservatory […]
Jack Langdon (b.1994) is a musician, filmmaker, and writer. He creates work that heightens our attention towards commonplace sounds, images, and narratives—reassembling things taken for granted into strange, elusive constructions. His works are stark and expansive, drawing inspiration from the landscape and folk modernisms of the American Midwest. As a musician, Jack performs on a […]
Niayesh Javaheri is a pianist and educator based in Bowling Green, OH, currently pursuing her DMA in contemporary music with Dr. Solungga Liu. She has performed as a soloist and with various ensembles in Iran, Europe, and the US. Niayesh has premiered and recorded numerous works, including a piece featured in the album Contemporary Music […]
Praised for her virtuosity, sensitivity, flexibility and evocative expression, Jennifer Ruggieri is in high demand as a soloist artist, chamber musician, and orchestral musician around the midwest and is currently the principal harpist of the Lacrosse Symphony Orchestra and a member of the recently formed Chicago Wind Symphony. Past guest appearances include Evanston Symphony Orchestra, […]
Caitlin received her master’s degree in violin performance at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, where she studied with Almita Vamos and MingHuan Xu. She was also a teaching assistant for music theory and served as concertmaster of the CCPA String Ensemble. Caitlin received her bachelor’s degree in violin performance at the […]
San Francisco based classical pianist Samantha Cho currently serves as Professor of Piano Pedagogy at San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Prior positions include Associate Professor of Music at Cabrillo College. She has perfomed on San Francisco Symphony’s Chinese New Year Concert, Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert in Chicago, Noontime Concert Series, Old First Concert Series, […]
Composing and performing her own compositions in public since age 7, Dr. Lois Veenhoven Guderian has been active as a composer, performer, educator, and author throughout her professional life. She is a versatile composer, composing in several genres, and in a variety of levels of compositional complexity. Lois has composed hundreds of songs and instrumental […]
Chloe Liuyan Liu is a composer who earned her Master of Music in Music Composition from Indiana University in May 2023, following her Bachelor of Music in Composition at Wheaton College in 2021. In 2019, she achieved recognition by winning both the Schultheis Composition Competition Award and the Josephine Halvorsen Memorial Composition Prize. Liu has […]
Pedja Kovačević is a Serbian-born musicologist, concert producer, and music producer who founded the Soundologia platform. He has extensive experience in music education, music business, and audio production. As a musicologist and writer, Kovačević has published articles on music and presented studies at international conferences and forums in the U.S., Poland, Greece, and Serbia. His […]
Michael Chipchak (b. 1999) is a composer, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and student at Elmhurst University. He considers himself to be a contemporary-style composer, taking great influence from the Second Viennese School. He’s most inspired by composers including Claude Debussy, Anton Webern and Samuel Barber. He focuses most of his music on impressionistic, dissonant and pointillistic sounds.
Praised as “both an intrepid new music champion and a violin virtuoso” (textura music magazine), Sarah Plum has had a prolific career advocating for new music, commissioning composers and bringing contemporary music to a wider audience. Personal Noise, Plum’s recent CD release of new music for violin and electronics, has been lauded as “a fantastic […]
Equally influenced by atonal modern classical, the ambient music of Brian Eno, the nuanced and free improvisation approach of AMM, the chamber pop of Burt Bacharach, and the industrial machinations of Throbbing Gristle, minimalists Reich and Glass, as well as jazz, rock, prog, & punk, Dan has been playing with sound since the early 80’s […]
Matthew is a Cellist/Composer hailing from Rochester New York. As a composer, he studied under Georg Friedrich Haas and Zosha DiCastri at Columbia University and Margaret Henry at the Eastman Community Music School. As a cellist, Matthew is a member of the Evanston Symphony Orchestra and is interested in doing community outreach with contemporary classical […]
Gwendolyn Boros is a horn player from New Jersey/Maine studying horn performance and cognitive science at Northwestern University. She enjoys playing in Northwestern’s large ensembles as well as chamber groups like woodwind and brass quintets, horn quartets, and horn sextets. She is a student of Gail Williams and Jonathan Boen. Facebook
Timothy W. McDunn (b. 1994) is a composer and theorist with a distinguished international profile. He specializes in just intonation and electroacoustic composition. His music and research is regularly presented and performed at major peer-reviewed conferences and festivals including NYCEMF, SEAMUS, SCI National Conference, Convergence, MOXSonic, ChimeFest, NSEME, and others. His background in classical languages […]
Micah Gleason, an “easygoing yet fiercely skilled conductor and singer” (NYT), recently completed a Conducting Fellowship at the Curtis Institute of Music as mentee of conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, was chosen by the Dallas Opera for its renowned Hart Institute for Women Conductors and is a recipient of the 2024 Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship Award. Interdisciplinary […]
Jadie Reeves (they/she) is a Chicago-based composer and vocalist who completed their Bachelor’s of Music in Composition and Vocal Performance at Western Michigan University in the spring of 2024. They are currently pursuing their M.M. in Composition at Roosevelt University, where they serve as the program’s graduate assistant. Through the careful creation, performance, and instruction […]
Hailed as “spine-tingling” (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) and “breathtaking” (Boston Musical Intelligencer), American pianist Kyle Orth possesses unusual virtuosity and artistic sensitivity. He has distinguished himself globally as a captivating soloist and chamber musician, passionately reviving lesser-known works while offering intriguing interpretations of pieces within the standard repertoire. The Dallas Morning News praised his complete musicianship […]