Artists

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The Friction Quartet

47 Commissions, over 100 premieres. Performances at Carnegie Hall. Residencies across the world, including as First Ensemble-in -Residence at SF’s Center for New Music. Ensemble Website.

Dr. James Beauton - Percussion

Yamaha Performing Artist. Lecturer, San Francisco State University. Former member, Red Fish Blue Fish. Performances with LA Philharmonic’s Monday Evening Concerts. Website

Bruce Bennett - Electronics

Composer, whose works have been performed by such groups as Arditti String Quartet, CityWinds, Del Sol String Quartet, Earplay, Empyrean Ensemble, Ensemble Intercontemporain, New Orleans New Music Ensemble, Sirius, and Berkeley Symphony. Website

Dr. Kyle Adam Blair - Piano

Staff Pianist, Lecturer UCSD. Soloist with La Jolla Symphony. Pianist for Project [Blank], performances with Bang on a Can, at the Ojai Festival, and Mark Morris Dance Company. Website

Dr. Joe Cantrell - Technical Director

Performing sound artist, with work featured at events and venues including the Deep Listening Institute, ISMC/SMC and NIME. Website

Eric Choate - Organ

Professor at San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Composer with performances by VOCES8 and musicians of the SF Symphony, Has conducted SF Symphony Chorus and Berkeley Symphony Chorus. Website

Leighton Fong - Violoncello

Has taught at UC Berkeley since 1997, Principal Cellist of California Symphony, Eco Ensemble, Empyrean Ensemble, SF Contemporary Chamber Players. Cellist, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble. Website

Kathryn Hatmaker - Violin

Violinist, San Diego Symphony. Executive Director, Art of Elan. Performances with Pittsburgh Symphony and New World Symphony. Former faculty, University of California, San Diego. Website

Dr. Matt Kline - Contrabass

Assistant Professor, Southwestern College. Performances with Ensemble Modern, MusikFabrik, Talea Ensemble, LA Philharmonic’s Monday Evening Concerts. Website

Dr. Batya MacAdam-Somer - Viola

Violinist, Quartet Nouveau and Baby Bushka. Performances with the International Contemporary Ensemble, wastLAnd, WildUP, and at the Ojai Music Festival. Website

Michael Matsuno - Flute

Faculty, Chapman University, CalArts, CalState Long Beach, Pierce College. Soloist, La Jolla Symphony. Performances with San Diego Symphony, wasteLAnd, LA Philharmonic’s Monday Evening Concerts, Ojai Festival. Website

Dr. Curt Miller - Clarinet

Former Principal Clarinetist and Soloist with La Jolla Symphony, Performances on the LA Philharmonic’s “Monday Evening Concerts” series and with the International Contemporary Ensemble. Website

Kaitlin Miller - Harp

American Harp Society Concert Artist, 2022-24. Winner of the American Harp Society National Competition and the Anne Adams Competition. Performances with LA Chamber Orchestra, Pacific Symphony. Website

Eric Moore - Violoncello

Taught at Pacific Union College, former principal cellist of six orchestras including the La Jolla Symphony. “Album of the Year” from Time Out New York and The Wire with the Wet Ink Ensemble. Website

Jessie Nucho - Flute

Co-Artistic Director, Ninth Planet. Founding Member, Siroko Duo. Flutist, After Everything. Performances with Wild Rumpus, Ensemble Mik Nawooj, and Frequency 49. Website

Dr. Daniel Pesca - Piano

Assistant Professor, the Eastman School of Music. Former Artist-in-Residence at the University of Chicago. Performances at the Library of Congress and the Kennedy Center. Has premiered over 150 works, including as concerto soloist. Website

Anna Presler - Violin

Associate Professor, Cal State Sacramento. Grammy-nominated New Century Chamber Orchestra. Violinist, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble. Website

Photo by Oscar Nuñez, Art by Jet Martinez

Natalie Raney - Violoncello

Faculty, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Pre-College. Performances at the Kennedy Center and Bing Hall. Winner, Barbara Fritz Chamber Award. Cellist, One Found Sound. Website

Dr. Michael J. Smith - Piano

Former Faculty, SFSU. Formerly in Residence at Carnegie Hall with Ensemble Connect. Performances at Steinway Hall, Haitink Hall, Mondavi Hall. Worked with Kaija Saariaho. Website

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