My Ears Are Open http://www.jamesholt.net The podcast about listening to the musicians who have dedicated their lives to performing contemporary music. New episodes every two weeks. Send suggestions and comments to: podcast@jamesholt.net Feeder 1.5.10(880) http://reinventedsoftware.com/feeder/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en Sat, 21 Aug 2010 11:58:03 -0400 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 11:58:03 -0400 http://www.jamesholt.net/podcastlogo144.jpg My Ears Are Open http://www.jamesholt.net 144 144 My Ears Are Open composer, composers, contemporary music, new music, Evan Ziporyn, Brad Lubman, Conductor, violin, viola, cello, flute, clarinet, percussion, piano no James Holt podcast@jamesholt.net no Oren Fader - Guitar "My name is Oren Fader and I play classical and electric guitar, a little mandolin, a little banjo, too. And the groups that I play mostly with are the Cygnus Ensemble and the Fireworks Ensemble, and both those groups play a lot of new music (Cygnus perhaps a little bit more)…"

www.orenfader.com

Recorded July 2010

]]> Sat, 21 Aug 2010 11:57:29 -0400 oren-fader-guitar My Ears Are Open "My name is Oren Fader and I play classical and electric guitar, a little mandolin, a little banjo, too. And the groups that I play mostly with are the Cygnus Ensemble and the Fireworks Ensemble, and both those groups play a lot of new music (Cygnus perhaps a little bit more)…" www.orenfader.com Recorded July 2010 no 17:32 Jacqueline Kerrod - Harp "My name is Jacqueline Kerrod and I play the harp. I play with various groups, one of which is called MAYA (it's a flute, harp and percussion group). The other group is with my husband, a violinist, Mark Uys, we're called Clockwise. I play with the American Modern Ensemble, I play as a guest artist with Argento Chamber Ensemble, and then on the side I play The Fantasticks (the off-broadway musical), completely different areas…"

www.mayatrio.com
www.duoclockwise.com

Recorded July 2010

]]> Sun, 08 Aug 2010 11:13:31 -0400 jacqueline-kerrod-harp My Ears Are Open "My name is Jacqueline Kerrod and I play the harp. I play with various groups, one of which is called MAYA (it's a flute, harp and percussion group). The other group is with my husband, a violinist, Mark Uys, we're called Clockwise. I play with the American Modern Ensemble, I play as a guest artist with Argento Chamber Ensemble, and then on the side I play The Fantasticks (the off-broadway musical), completely different areas…" www.mayatrio.com www.duoclockwise.com Recorded July 2010 no 10:27 Slagwerk Den Haag - Percussion Ensemble This week on the show: Fedor Teunisse and Niels Meliefste from Slagwerk Den Haag

www.slagwerkdenhaag.nl

Recorded June 2010

]]> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:30:09 -0400 slagwerk-den-haag-percussion-ensemble My Ears Are Open This week on the show: Fedor Teunisse and Niels Meliefste from Slagwerk Den Haag www.slagwerkdenhaag.nl Recorded June 2010 no 14:39 Moritz Eggert - Piano "My name is Moritz Eggert and I'm a composer and pianist from Germany. I play lots of contemporary music but also classical music, solo, chamber music. I specialize also a little in lied (song) classical/contemporary. I play with lots of chamber music ensembles…but I'm not a regular member of a group so most of the stuff I'm doing is solo."

www.moritzeggert.de

Recorded June 2010

]]> Sun, 18 Jul 2010 09:59:45 -0700 moritz-eggert-piano My Ears Are Open "My name is Moritz Eggert and I'm a composer and pianist from Germany. I play lots of contemporary music but also classical music, solo, chamber music. I specialize also a little in lied (song) classical/contemporary. I play with lots of chamber music ensembles…but I'm not a regular member of a group so most of the stuff I'm doing is solo." www.moritzeggert.de Recorded June 2010 no 22:02 Quartet New Generation - Recorder Collective This week on the show, Quartet New Generation: Petra Wurz (subbing for Hannah Pape), Susanne Frohlich, Andrea Guttmann, and Heide Schwarz.

www.quartetnewgeneration.com

Recorded June 2010

]]> Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:57:39 -0400 quartet-new-generation My Ears Are Open This week on the show, Quartet New Generation: Petra Wurz (subbing for Hannah Pape), Susanne Frohlich, Andrea Guttmann, and Heide Schwarz. www.quartetnewgeneration.com Recorded June 2010 no 15:15 Carl Rosman - Clarinet "My name is Carl Rosman, I do various things but mostly play the clarinet. Sometimes I conduct, sometimes there are pieces I need to use my voice, sometimes there are pieces where I use my voice and don't use the clarinet, but clarinet is the main center. I work with the Elision Ensemble in Australia, I work mostly with musikFabrik, that's the ensemble I'm full time with, that's a German ensemble based in Koln…"

www.musikfabrik.eu
www.carlrosman.com

Recorded May 2010

]]> Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:31:15 -0400 carl-rosman-clarinet My Ears Are Open "My name is Carl Rosman, I do various things but mostly play the clarinet. Sometimes I conduct, sometimes there are pieces I need to use my voice, sometimes there are pieces where I use my voice and don't use the clarinet, but clarinet is the main center. I work with the Elision Ensemble in Australia, I work mostly with musikFabrik, that's the ensemble I'm full time with, that's a German ensemble based in Koln…" www.musikfabrik.eu www.carlrosman.com Recorded May 2010 no 20:42 Christine Chapman - Horn "My name is Christine Chapman, I play the horn, and I'm with musikFabrik. I've played in the past a lot with Ensemble Modern but musikFabrik is keeping me too busy to do much of anything else…"

www.musikfabrik.eu

Recorded May 2010

]]> Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:09:40 -0400 christine-chapman-horn My Ears Are Open "My name is Christine Chapman, I play the horn, and I'm with musikFabrik. I've played in the past a lot with Ensemble Modern but musikFabrik is keeping me too busy to do much of anything else…" www.musikfabrik.eu Recorded May 2010 no 15:51 Robert Paterson - Percussion "My name is Robert Paterson and I'm a composer and a percussionist, and also a conductor (although these days I call myself as a traffic cop). I'm the founder and artistic director of the American Modern Ensemble in New York."

www.robpaterson.com
www.americanmodernensemble.org

Recorded July 2009

]]> Sun, 09 May 2010 11:44:45 -0400 robert-paterson-percussionist-conductor My Ears Are Open "My name is Robert Paterson and I'm a composer and a percussionist, and also a conductor (although these days I call myself as a traffic cop). I'm the founder and artistic director of the American Modern Ensemble in New York." www.robpaterson.com www.americanmodernensemble.org Recorded July 2009 no 13:43 Eileen Mack - Clarinet "I'm Eileen Mack, I'm a clarinetist originally from Australia now living in New York (for about six years). I co-direct the group Newspeak, I also play with Victoire and a bunch of projects of Ted Hearne including Katrina Ballads and Your Bad Self, and also the ensemble Red Light which is a new music ensemble run by a bunch composers."

www.eileenmack.net
www.newspeakmusic.org
www.myspace.com/victoiremusic
www.redlightnewmusic.org

Recorded April 2010

]]> Sat, 01 May 2010 12:28:21 -0400 eileen-mack-clarinet My Ears Are Open "I'm Eileen Mack, I'm a clarinetist originally from Australia now living in New York (for about six years). I co-direct the group Newspeak, I also play with Victoire and a bunch of projects of Ted Hearne including Katrina Ballads and Your Bad Self, and also the ensemble Red Light which is a new music ensemble run by a bunch composers." www.eileenmack.net www.newspeakmusic.org www.myspace.com/victoiremusic www.redlightnewmusic.org Recorded April 2010 no 16:25 Jim Johnston - Piano "So, I'm Jim Johnston, I'm a pianist and keyboardist (and also a frustrated composer). I play primarily with four ensembles that do new music to one degree or another: the Newspeak Ensemble, the Proteus Ensemble, the Fireworks Ensemble, and a rock quartet that does contemporary music called Electric Company."

www.newspeakmusic.org
www.fireworksensemble.org

Recorded January 2010 in a noisy place (sorry)

]]> Sat, 03 Apr 2010 14:30:09 -0400 jim-johnston-piano My Ears Are Open "So, I'm Jim Johnston, I'm a pianist and keyboardist (and also a frustrated composer). I play primarily with four ensembles that do new music to one degree or another: the Newspeak Ensemble, the Proteus Ensemble, the Fireworks Ensemble, and a rock quartet that does contemporary music called Electric Company." www.newspeakmusic.org www.fireworksensemble.org Recorded January 2010 in a noisy place (sorry) no 18:45 Mellissa Hughes - Soprano "My name is Mellissa Hughes, I'm a soprano. I perform primarily with ensembles like Newspeak, Signal. I have a church job so I moonlight at St. Mary the Virgin and sometimes at Trinity Wall Street… I sing a lot with Vox Vocal Ensemble under George Steel and Clarion Music Society…"

www.myspace.com/mellissahughessoprano

Recorded January 2010

]]> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:56:10 -0400 mellissa-hughes-soprano My Ears Are Open "My name is Mellissa Hughes, I'm a soprano. I perform primarily with ensembles like Newspeak, Signal. I have a church job so I moonlight at St. Mary the Virgin and sometimes at Trinity Wall Street… I sing a lot with Vox Vocal Ensemble under George Steel and Clarion Music Society…" www.myspace.com/mellissahughessoprano Recorded January 2010 no 21:15 Jessica Rivera - Soprano "My name is Jessica Rivera and I am a soprano. I work mostly as a classical soprano in opera and symphony work. I spend a lot of my time doing works by new composers, or contemporary composers as it were, which I really enjoy…."

www.jessicarivera.com

Recorded March 2010

]]> Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:33:39 -0400 jessica-rivera-soprano My Ears Are Open "My name is Jessica Rivera and I am a soprano. I work mostly as a classical soprano in opera and symphony work. I spend a lot of my time doing works by new composers, or contemporary composers as it were, which I really enjoy…." www.jessicarivera.com Recorded March 2010 no 23:59 Tony Arnold - Soprano "My name is Tony Arnold and I'm a soprano. I work a lot with ICE, I do a lot of freelance work with various groups - I've worked with Eighth Blackbird, the Fromm Players in Boston, Los Angeles Philharmonic new music group, and all the regular players. And I teach at the University of Buffalo which has a long and sorted history with new music."

www.screecher.com

Recorded February 2010

]]> Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:55:58 -0500 tony-arnold-soprano My Ears Are Open "My name is Tony Arnold and I'm a soprano. I work a lot with ICE, I do a lot of freelance work with various groups - I've worked with Eighth Blackbird, the Fromm Players in Boston, Los Angeles Philharmonic..." www.screecher.com Recorded February 2010 "My name is Tony Arnold and I'm a soprano. I work a lot with ICE, I do a lot of freelance work with various groups - I've worked with Eighth Blackbird, the Fromm Players in Boston, Los Angeles Philharmonic new music group, and all the regular players. And I teach at the University of Buffalo which has a long and sorted history with new music." www.screecher.com Recorded February 2010 no 21:46 Cristina Valdes - Piano "I'm Cristina Valdes and I play the piano. I probably do an equal amount of solo and chamber music (probably a little more solo lately). I'm the director and founder of the S.L.A.M Festival here in Seattle (which is the Seattle Latin American Music Festival) and I also serve as Vice-President on the board of the Washington Composers Forum."

www.myspace.com/littlevina

Recorded February 2010

]]> Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:52:13 -0500 cristina-valdes-piano My Ears Are Open "I'm Cristina Valdes and I play the piano. I probably do an equal amount of solo and chamber music (probably a little more solo lately). I'm the director and founder of the S.L.A.M Festival here in..." www.myspace.com/littlevina Recorded February 2010 "I'm Cristina Valdes and I play the piano. I probably do an equal amount of solo and chamber music (probably a little more solo lately). I'm the director and founder of the S.L.A.M Festival here in Seattle (which is the Seattle Latin American Music Festival) and I also serve as Vice-President on the board of the Washington Composers Forum." www.myspace.com/littlevina Recorded February 2010 no 23:28 Paul Taub - Flute "My name is Paul Taub, I'm a flutist and I've been playing with the Seattle Chamber Players for the last 19 years. I'm also a professor at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle."

www.seattlechamberplayers.org
www.cornish.edu

Recorded June 2009

]]> Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:35:13 -0500 paul-taub-flute My Ears Are Open "My name is Paul Taub, I'm a flutist and I've been playing with the Seattle Chamber Players for the last 19 years. I'm also a professor at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle." www.seattlechamberplayers.org www.cornish.edu Recorded June 2009 "My name is Paul Taub, I'm a flutist and I've been playing with the Seattle Chamber Players for the last 19 years. I'm also a professor at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle." www.seattlechamberplayers.org www.cornish.edu Recorded June 2009 no 12:09 Gabriela Diaz - Violin "My name is Gabriela Diaz, I'm a violinist, and I play in a bunch of different new music groups in Boston (and other chamber music groups) some of them would be: the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, the Callithumpian Consort, the Firebird Ensemble, White Rabbit... there are a bunch of really colorful names."

www.bmop.org
www.callithumpian.org
www.firebirdensemble.com

Recorded October 2009

]]> Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:37:18 -0500 gabriela-diaz-violin My Ears Are Open "My name is Gabriela Diaz, I'm a violinist, and I play in a bunch of different new music groups in Boston (and other chamber music groups) some of them would be: the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, the Callithumpian Consort, the Firebird Ensemble, White Rabbit... there are a bunch of really colorful names." www.bmop.org www.callithumpian.org www.firebirdensemble.com Recorded October 2009 no 16:59 Gil Rose - Conductor "I'm Gil Rose, I'm the founder and Artistic Director of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, the Music Director of Opera Boston, and I also run BMOP's record label, BMOP/Sound."

www.bmop.org

Recorded October 2009

]]> Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:36:18 -0500 gil-rose-conductor My Ears Are Open "I'm Gil Rose, I'm the founder and Artistic Director of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, the Music Director of Opera Boston, and I also run BMOP's record label, BMOP/Sound." www.bmop.org Recorded October 2009 "I'm Gil Rose, I'm the founder and Artistic Director of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, the Music Director of Opera Boston, and I also run BMOP's record label, BMOP/Sound." www.bmop.org Recorded October 2009 no 21:07 Robert Black - Bass "My name is Robert Black and I play Double Bass. One of my main musical outlets is the Bang on a Can All-Stars and I've been a member of that group since it began, some 18 years ago. And then I also do a lot of solo recitals of all kinds of contemporary bass music and I teach at the Hartt School in Hartford, CT, I teach at the Manhattan School of Music Contemporary Performance Program, and I'm a regular at a summer school in Brazil every July."

www.robertblack.org
www.bangonacan.org

Recorded May 2009

]]> Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:50:28 -0500 robert-black-bass My Ears Are Open "My name is Robert Black and I play Double Bass. One of my main musical outlets is the Bang on a Can All-Stars and I've been a member of that group since it began, some 18 years ago. And then I also do a lot of solo recitals of all kinds of contemporary bass music and I teach at the Hartt School in Hartford, CT, I teach at the Manhattan School of Music Contemporary Performance Program, and I'm a regular at a summer school in Brazil every July." www.robertblack.org www.bangonacan.org Recorded May 2009 no 12:35 Josh Rubin - Clarinet "I'm Josh Rubin and I'm a clarinetist. These days I spend most of my time playing with the ICE ensemble (that's the International Contemporary Ensemble) and that's a 30-piece chamber group devoted to new music..."

www.iceorg.org

Recorded November 2009

]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:38:00 -0500 josh-rubin-clarinet My Ears Are Open "I'm Josh Rubin and I'm a clarinetist. These days I spend most of my time playing with the ICE ensemble (that's the International Contemporary Ensemble) and that's a 30-piece chamber group devoted to new music..." www.iceorg.org Recorded November 2009 no 12:36 Richard Haynes - Clarinet "My name is Richard Haynes and I'm a clarinet player based at the moment in Bern, Switzerland and Melbourne, Australia. I play with Elision Ensemble mainly (which is an international ensemble), and occasionally with other groups like 175-East, STROMA, MusikFabrik and Ensemble Modern."

web.me.com/richardehaynes
www.elision.org.au

Recorded July 2009

]]> Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:15:18 -0500 richard-haynes-clarinet My Ears Are Open "My name is Richard Haynes and I'm a clarinet player based at the moment in Bern, Switzerland and Melbourne, Australia. I play with Elision Ensemble mainly (which is an international ensemble), and occasionally with other groups like 175-East, STROMA, MusikFabrik and Ensemble Modern." web.me.com/richardehaynes www.elision.org.au Recorded July 2009 no 19:03 Carol McGonnell - Clarinet "My name is Carol McGonnell, I'm a clarinetist originally from Ireland, and my main ensemble is the Argento Chamber Ensemble and also the Argento Chamber Project."

www.carolmcgonnell.com
www.argentomusic.org

Recorded September 2009

]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:09:10 -0500 carol-mcgonnell-clarinet My Ears Are Open "My name is Carol McGonnell, I'm a clarinetist originally from Ireland, and my main ensemble is the Argento Chamber Ensemble and also the Argento Chamber Project." www.carolmcgonnell.com www.argentomusic.org Recorded September 2009 no 15:40 Sarah Cahill - Piano "My name is Sarah Cahill and I'm a pianist specializing in new music and I play mainly solo but some with ensembles around the bay area and I also have a radio show in San Francisco and write occasionally about music but mainly I'm a pianist."

www.sarahcahill.com

Recorded October 2009

]]> Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:27:58 -0400 sarah-cahill-piano My Ears Are Open "My name is Sarah Cahill and I'm a pianist specializing in new music and I play mainly solo but some with ensembles around the bay area and I also have a radio show in San Francisco and write occasionally about music but mainly I'm a pianist." www.sarahcahill.com Recorded October 2009 no 16:16 Vicki Ray - Piano "My name is Vicki Ray and I'm a pianist living in the Los Angeles area. I play in the California E.A.R. Unit and another new music ensemble called Xtet and I'm a founding member of Piano Spheres which is a solo piano series dedicated to modern piano music."

www.earunit.org
www.pianospheres.org

Recorded August 2009

]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:56:21 -0400 vicki-ray-piano My Ears Are Open "My name is Vicki Ray and I'm a pianist living in the Los Angeles area. I play in the California E.A.R. Unit and another new music ensemble called Xtet and I'm a founding member of Piano Spheres which is a solo piano series dedicated to modern piano music." www.earunit.org www.pianospheres.org Recorded August 2009 no 19:13 Shanna Gutierrez - Flute http://www.myearsareopen.net "My name is Shanna Gutierrez, I play flute mostly with Ensemble Dal Niente and freelance through out the Chicago area."

www.dalniente.com
www.shannagutierrez.com

Recorded June 2009

]]> Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:54:14 -0400 shanna-gutierrez-flute My Ears Are Open "My name is Shanna Gutierrez, I play flute mostly with Ensemble Dal Niente and freelance through out the Chicago area." www.dalniente.com www.shannagutierrez.com Recorded June 2009 no 14:05 Austin Wulliman - Violin "I am J. Austin Wulliman and I'm associated with Ensemble Dal Niente as a violinist and I've been playing with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago this year."

www.dalniente.com
www.austinwulliman.com

Recorded June 2009

]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:15:27 -0400 austin-wulliman-violin My Ears Are Open "I am J. Austin Wulliman and I'm associated with Ensemble Dal Niente as a violinist and I've been playing with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago this year." www.dalniente.com www.austinwulliman.com Recorded June 2009 no 12:06 Nicholas Photinos - Cello "My name is Nicholas Photinos, I play cello with Eighth Blackbird."

www.eighthblackbird.com

Recorded August 2009

]]> Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:29:36 -0400 nicholas-photinos-cello My Ears Are Open "My name is Nicholas Photinos, I play cello with Eighth Blackbird." www.eighthblackbird.com Recorded August 2009 no 13:56 Cliff Colnot - Conductor "My name is Cliff Colnot and I'm the conductor of Chicago based new music ensembles Contempo, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's new music ensemble called MusicNow, and also I collaborate regularly with the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) and Eighth Blackbird."

contempo.uchicago.edu
www.cso.org/musicnow
www.iceorg.org

Recorded June 2009

]]> Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:07:39 -0400 cliff-colnot-conductor My Ears Are Open "My name is Cliff Colnot and I'm the conductor of Chicago based new music ensembles Contempo, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's new music ensemble called MusicNow, and also I collaborate regularly with the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) and Eighth Blackbird." contempo.uchicago.edu www.cso.org/musicnow www.iceorg.org Recorded June 2009 no 10:12 William Lane - Viola "My name is William Lane, I'm a violist and director of the Grenzenlos Foundation which is based in Hong Kong and New York and also I'm the director of the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble."

www.myspace.com/williamdavidlane
www.grenzenlosfoundation.com

Recorded March 2009

]]> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:51:48 -0400 william-lane-viola My Ears Are Open "My name is William Lane, I'm a violist and director of the Grenzenlos Foundation which is based in Hong Kong and New York and also I'm the director of the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble." www.myspace.com/williamdavidlane www.grenzenlosfoundation.com Recorded March 2009 no 7:46 Paul Hillier - Conductor "My name is Paul Hillier and I conduct primarily choral groups (but not only) and they include directing my own group Theatre of Voices, Ars Nova Copenhagen, and other professional groups mostly in Europe. And connected to those activities I find myself conducting orchestras and some specialist instrumental ensembles both in the new music area and baroque orchestras as well."

www.paulhillier.net

Recorded May 2009

]]> Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:08:21 -0400 paul-hillier-conductor My Ears Are Open "My name is Paul Hillier and I conduct primarily choral groups (but not only) and they include directing my own group Theatre of Voices, Ars Nova Copenhagen, and other professional groups mostly in Europe. And connected to those activities I find myself conducting orchestras and some specialist instrumental ensembles both in the new music area and baroque orchestras as well." www.paulhillier.net Recorded May 2009 no 11:52 Mary Rowell - Violin "I'm Mary Rowell and I'm one of the founding members of ETHEL and that's how I'm known mostly today but before that I had a life - I was in a rock band called The Silos (an indie rock band in the early 80's), with Marin Alsop's String Fever, also did a lot of contemporary music at Juilliard, at Columbia University, and of course living in New York all sorts of different groups: New York New Music Ensemble, New Music Consort, SEM Ensemble, and many solo concerts...."

www.ethelcentral.com
www.myspace.com/maryrowell

Recorded May 2009

]]> Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:36:04 -0400 mary-rowell-violin My Ears Are Open "I'm Mary Rowell and I'm one of the founding members of ETHEL and that's how I'm known mostly today but before that I had a life - I was in a rock band called The Silos (an indie rock band in the early 80's), with Marin Alsop's String Fever, also did a lot of contemporary music at Juilliard, at Columbia University, and of course living in New York all sorts of different groups: New York New Music Ensemble, New Music Consort, SEM Ensemble, and many solo concerts...." www.ethelcentral.com www.myspace.com/maryrowell Recorded May 2009 no 26:48 Dorothy Lawson - Cello "I'm Dorothy Lawson, I play the cello, and I am a founding member of the quartet ETHEL. I also play with the American Symphony Orchestra and I teach at the Mannes College in New York City."

www.ethelcentral.com

Recorded May 2009

]]> Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:18:04 -0400 dorothy-lawson-cello My Ears Are Open "I'm Dorothy Lawson, I play the cello, and I am a founding member of the quartet ETHEL. I also play with the American Symphony Orchestra and I teach at the Mannes College in New York City." www.ethelcentral.com Recorded May 2009 no 20:06 Ralph Farris - Viola "I am Ralph Farris, I play the viola, I also play violin, I am a member of the group ETHEL. I also write, in my own right - a lot of my writing is specifically with ETHEL. I'm an original orchestra member over at The Lion King on Broadway, and I was music director for the Roger Daltrey Band a little while back."

www.ethelcentral.com
www.ralphfarris.com

Recorded May 2009

]]> Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:01:09 -0400 ralph-farris-viola My Ears Are Open "I am Ralph Farris, I play the viola, I also play violin, I am a member of the group ETHEL. I also write, in my own right - a lot of my writing is specifically with ETHEL. I'm an original orchestra member over at The Lion King on Broadway, and I was music director for the Roger Daltrey Band a little while back." www.ethelcentral.com www.ralphfarris.com Recorded May 2009 no 30:00 Cornelius Dufallo - Violin "I'm Cornelius Dufallo, I play violin and I also compose. I play violin in ETHEL and I also perform in a group called Ne(x)tworks and I do some solo projects too."

www.ethelcentral.com
www.corneliusdufallo.com

Recorded May 2009

]]> Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:49:01 -0400 cornelius-dufallo-violin My Ears Are Open "I'm Cornelius Dufallo, I play violin and I also compose. I play violin in ETHEL and I also perform in a group called Ne(x)tworks and I do some solo projects too." www.ethelcentral.com www.corneliusdufallo.com Recorded May 2009 no 8:40 Brad Lubman - Conductor "My name is Brad Lubman, I'm a conductor and composer, and a long time ago in another life I was a percussionist, and I've been doing this professionally for about 24 years.... And some of the groups I work with: I have my own ensemble here in New York called Signal, and then there are a number of ensembles in Europe that I work with like London Sinfonietta, Ensemble Modern, and Musik Fabrik. I work with a lot of radio orchestras in Germany and Netherlands."

www.signalensemble.org

Recorded May 2009

]]> Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:26:05 -0400 brad-lubman-conductor My Ears Are Open "My name is Brad Lubman, I'm a conductor and composer, and a long time ago in another life I was a percussionist, and I've been doing this professionally for about 24 years.... And some of the groups I work with: I have my own ensemble here in New York called Signal, and then there are a number of ensembles in Europe that I work with like London Sinfonietta, Ensemble Modern, and Musik Fabrik. I work with a lot of radio orchestras in Germany and Netherlands." www.signalensemble.org Recorded May 2009 no 14:42 Seda Roder - Piano "My name is Seda Roder, I'm a Turkish pianist from Istanbul, and if I were to put my number one priority in engaging with contemporary music I would say that my number one aim is to make new music a little more approachable for everyone..."

www.sedaroeder.com

Recorded May 2009

]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:59:22 -0400 seda-roder-piano My Ears Are Open "My name is Seda Roder, I'm a Turkish pianist from Istanbul, and if I were to put my number one priority in engaging with contemporary music I would say that my number one aim is to make new music a little more approachable for everyone..." www.sedaroeder.com Recorded May 2009 no 18:04 John Pickford Richards - Viola "My name is John Richards, I'm a violist living in New York, and I play primarily with the JACK Quartet and Alarm Will Sound."

www.jackquartet.com
www.alarmwillsound.com

Recorded April 2009

]]> Sat, 30 May 2009 09:14:37 -0400 john-pickford-richards-viola My Ears Are Open "My name is John Richards, I'm a violist living in New York, and I play primarily with the JACK Quartet and Alarm Will Sound." www.jackquartet.com www.alarmwillsound.com Recorded April 2009 no 10:15 Nadia Sirota - Viola "I'm Nadia Sirota, I play viola, and I play in a bunch of different groups around town. I think the most importantly, or at least the most bio worthy-ly, are ACME (the American Contemporary Music Ensemble), yMusic (which is a sextet that mostly plays with bands), the Wordless Music Orchestra, the Meredith Monk Ensemble... but I also commission a lot of pieces for solo viola, and viola and electronics, and viola-heavy chamber music...."

www.nadiasirota.com

Recorded April 2009

]]> Sun, 17 May 2009 11:27:59 -0400 nadia-sirota-viola My Ears Are Open "I'm Nadia Sirota, I play viola, and I play in a bunch of different groups around town. I think the most importantly, or at least the most bio worthy-ly, are ACME (the American Contemporary Music Ensemble), yMusic (which is a sextet that mostly plays with bands), the Wordless Music Orchestra, the Meredith Monk Ensemble... but I also commission a lot of pieces for solo viola, and viola and electronics, and viola-heavy chamber music...." www.nadiasirota.com Recorded April 2009 no 11:05 Elizabeth Weisser - Viola "I'm Elizabeth Weisser, I'm a violist in the iO Quartet."

www.ioquartet.com

Recorded March 2009

]]> Sun, 03 May 2009 11:44:37 -0400 elizabeth-weisser-viola My Ears Are Open no 7:50 Alex Lipowski - Percussion "My name is Alex Lipowski (percussion), I'm one of the directors of the Talea Ensemble, I play a lot with the Argento Ensemble, just recently joined the TimeTable Percussion trio, and I play a lot of stuff with Columbia composers and people like that around New York..."

www.alexlipowski.com
www.taleaensemble.org
www.timetablepercussion.com

Recorded February 2009

]]> Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:39:16 -0400 alex-lipowski-percussion My Ears Are Open "My name is Alex Lipowski (percussion), I'm one of the directors of the Talea Ensemble, I play a lot with the Argento Ensemble, just recently joined the TimeTable Percussion trio, and I play a lot of stuff with Columbia composers and people like that around New York..." www.alexlipowski.com www.taleaensemble.org www.timetablepercussion.com Recorded February 2009 no 14:24 Evan Ziporyn - Clarinet "My name is Evan Ziporyn and I play clarinet and bass clarinet, I play mainly with Bang on a Can, I do some solo things occasionally, and I direct a Balinese gamelan called Gamelan Galaktika."

www.ziporyn.com
www.bangonacan.org
www.galaktika.org

Recorded March 2009

]]> Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:09:44 -0400 evan-ziporyn-clarinet My Ears Are Open "My name is Evan Ziporyn and I play clarinet and bass clarinet, I play mainly with Bang on a Can, I do some solo things occasionally, and I direct a Balinese gamelan called Gamelan Galaktika." www.ziporyn.com www.bangonacan.org www.galaktika.org Recorded March 2009 no 19:26 Blair McMillen - Piano "My name is Blair McMillen and I'm a pianist. I play with the Da Capo Chamber Players, the American Modern Ensemble, Avian Orchestra, I've played with the St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, Locrian Chamber Players, and several other groups around town."

www.blairmcmillen.com

Recorded March 2009

]]> Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:27:09 -0400 blair-mcmillen-piano My Ears Are Open "My name is Blair McMillen and I'm a pianist. I play with the Da Capo Chamber Players, the American Modern Ensemble, Avian Orchestra, I've played with the St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, Locrian Chamber Players, and several other groups around town." www.blairmcmillen.com Recorded March 2009 no 11:30 Laura Barger - Piano "... Laura Barger and I play the piano. My own group is Yarn-Wire which is a two-piano two-percussion ensemble, a quartet if you will, which plays mostly obviously contemporary music. I also play pretty regularly with the Lost Dog new music ensemble which is part of the Astoria Music Society..."

www.yarnwire.org
www.myspace.com/laurabargerpiano

Recorded February 2009

]]> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:03:57 -0500 laura-barger-piano My Ears Are Open "... Laura Barger and I play the piano. My own group is Yarn-Wire which is a two-piano two-percussion ensemble, a quartet if you will, which plays mostly obviously contemporary music. I also play pretty regularly with the Lost Dog new music ensemble which is part of the Astoria Music Society..." www.yarnwire.org www.myspace.com/laurabargerpiano Recorded February 2009 no 10:24 Erica Ward - Violin "My name is Erica Ward and I am a violinist and member of FiveOne which is a new music ensemble based out of Cleveland, Ohio."

www.ericaward.com
www.fiveonemusic.org

Recorded at the Chamber Music America Conference, January 2009 in New York, NY.

]]> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:27:22 -0500 erica-ward-violin My Ears Are Open "My name is Erica Ward and I am a violinist and member of FiveOne which is a new music ensemble based out of Cleveland, Ohio." www.ericaward.com www.fiveonemusic.org Recorded at the Chamber Music America Conference, January 2009 in New York, NY. no 7:15 Sato Moughalian - Flute "My name is Sato Moughalian and I'm a flutist here in Manhattan and I play with a lot of different groups, both orchestral and chamber. I'm a member of Quintet of the Americas (which I joined in 1999), and I have my own group Perspectives Ensemble and within that a trio called Maya (which is flute, harp and percussion) which does a lot of commissioning. I'm a member of American Modern Ensemble, and, I'm a member of a lot of different groups."

www.satomoughalian.com
www.quintet.org
www.mayatrio.com
www.perspectivesensemble.com
www.americanmodernensemble.org

Recorded February 2009

]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:07:21 -0500 sato-moughalian-flute My Ears Are Open "My name is Sato Moughalian and I'm a flutist here in Manhattan and I play with a lot of different groups, both orchestral and chamber. I'm a member of Quintet of the Americas (which I joined in 1999), and I have my own group Perspectives Ensemble and within that a trio called Maya (which is flute, harp and percussion) which does a lot of commissioning. I'm a member of American Modern Ensemble, and, I'm a member of a lot of different groups." www.satomoughalian.com www.quintet.org www.mayatrio.com www.perspectivesensemble.com www.americanmodernensemble.org Recorded February 2009 no Tom Chiu - Violin "Hi, I'm Tom Chiu, I'm a violinist and composer/improviser. I'm the founder of the Flux Quartet which specializes in the cutting edge music of today and tomorrow - we've been around for just over a decade. I play a lot in New York and abroad, both with the group and also in collaboration with other creative artists..."

www.fluxquartet.com
www.myspace.com/flux4tet

Recorded February 2009 at the WXOU Radio Bar, 558 Hudson Street, New York, NY

Sorry for all the background noise!

]]> Sat, 07 Feb 2009 11:19:50 -0500 tom-chiu-violin My Ears Are Open "Hi, I'm Tom Chiu, I'm a violinist and composer/improviser. I'm the founder of the Flux Quartet which specializes in the cutting edge music of today and tomorrow - we've been around for just over a decade. I play a lot in New York and abroad, both with the group and also in collaboration with other creative artists..." www.fluxquartet.com www.myspace.com/flux4tet Recorded February 2009 at the WXOU Radio Bar, 558 Hudson Street, New York, NY Sorry for all the background noise! no 16:22 Jeff Anderle - Clarinet "My name is Jeff Anderle, I play clarinet and bass clarinet. The ensembles that I'm in right now: I have a bass clarinet duo called Sqwonk, a bass clarinet quartet called Edmund Welles, I play in two contemporary music groups, one called the Adorno Ensemble and one called Redshift. And I'm also the co-director of the Switchboard Music Festival."

www.jeffanderle.com
www.sqwonk.org
www.edmundwelles.com
www.redshiftensemble.com
www.adornoensemble.org
www.switchboardmusic.com

Recorded January 2009

]]> Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:12:43 -0500 jeff-anderle-clarinet My Ears Are Open "My name is Jeff Anderle, I play clarinet and bass clarinet. The ensembles that I'm in right now: I have a bass clarinet duo called Sqwonk, a bass clarinet quartet called Edmund Welles, I play in two contemporary music groups, one called the Adorno Ensemble and one called Redshift. And I'm also the co-director of the Switchboard Music Festival." www.jeffanderle.com www.sqwonk.org www.edmundwelles.com www.redshiftensemble.com www.adornoensemble.org www.switchboardmusic.com Recorded January 2009 no 8:13 Derek Johnson - Electric Guitar "My name is Derek Johnson and I play electric guitar."

www.myspace.com/derekjohnsoncomposer
www.myspace.com/basilicaproject

Recorded January 2009

]]> Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:09:15 -0500 derek-johnson-electric-guitar My Ears Are Open "My name is Derek Johnson and I play electric guitar." www.myspace.com/derekjohnsoncomposer www.myspace.com/basilicaproject Recorded January 2009 no 10:41 Charlton Lee - Viola "Alright, I'm Charlton Lee, violist with the Del Sol String Quartet."

www.delsolquartet.com

Recorded at the Chamber Music America Conference, January 2009 in New York, NY.

]]> Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:04:55 -0500 charlton-lee-viola My Ears Are Open "Alright, I'm Charlton Lee, violist with the Del Sol String Quartet." www.delsolquartet.com Recorded at the Chamber Music America Conference, January 2009 in New York, NY. no 7:39 Rose Bellini - Cello "My name is Rose Bellini and I play the cello."

www.rosebellini.com
www.redshiftensemble.com

Recorded January 2009

]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:52:50 -0500 rose-bellini-cello My Ears Are Open "My name is Rose Bellini and I play the cello." www.rosebellini.com www.redshiftensemble.com Recorded January 2009 no 5:50