“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
Originally Published February 22, 2009

Sato Moughalian – Flute

“… 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…”
https://soundcloud.com/lost-dog-ensemble
https://soundcloud.com/yarn-wire

www.yarnwire.org
www.myspace.com/laurabargerpiano

Recorded February 2009
Originally Published March 7, 2009

Laura Barger – 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.”
https://soundcloud.com/american-modern-ensemble

www.blairmcmillen.com

Recorded March 2009
Originally Published March 21, 2009

Blair McMillen – 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
Originally Published October 4, 2009

Vicki Ray – Piano

“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…”

https://soundcloud.com/musikfabrik

www.musikfabrik.eu

Recorded May 2010
Originally Published June 10, 2010

Christine Chapman – Horn

“My name is Natacha Diels, I play the flute.  I have a chamber group called Ensemble Pamplemousse that’s been around for about nine years and I play a lot with Red Light New Music and a performance duo called On Structure.”

https://soundcloud.com/natachadiels
https://soundcloud.com/ensemble-pamplemousse
https://soundcloud.com/red-light-new-music

www.natachapop.com
www.ensemblepamplemousse.org

Recorded March 2011
Originally Published April 16, 2011

Natacha Diels – Flute

This week on the show: Sarah Dacey, Anna Snow, and Kerry Andrew of Juice Vocal Ensemble.

https://soundcloud.com/juicevocalensembleuk

www.juicevocalensemble.net

Recorded March 2011
Originally Published May 30, 2011

Juice Vocal Ensemble

This week on the show: Erik Barsness, Kirsten Broberg, Linda Chatterton, and Carrie Henneman Shaw of Ensemble 61.

www.ensemble61.com

Recorded June 2011
Originally Published July 9, 2011

Ensemble 61

This week on the show we have a follow-up from our episode with Ensemble 61.  Here is an excerpt from our conversation when Carrie and I started talking about the processes of applying for grants.  It didn’t fit very well into the original episode but I wanted to make sure everyone had a chance to hear this valuable information.

https://soundcloud.com/carrie-henneman-shaw

www.carriehennemanshaw.com

Recorded June 2011
Originally Published July 31, 2011

Bonus Episode with Carrie Henneman Shaw – Grants

“Hi, I’m Jennifer Choi and I play the violin.  I’ve been around New York City for about 13 years now and I’m just about to join ETHEL….”

www.jenniferchoi.com
www.ethelcentral.com

Recorded July 2011
Originally Published August 6, 2011

Jennifer Choi – Violin

“My name is Carlo Boccadoro… I am an Italian composer, and together with another composer, whose name is Filippo Del Corno, I founded and I am the Artistic Director of this ensemble called Sentieri Selvaggi….”

https://soundcloud.com/carlo-boccadoro
https://soundcloud.com/sentieri-selvaggi
www.sentieriselvaggi.org

Recorded June 2011
Originally Published August 20, 2011

Carlo Boccadoro – Conductor, Composer

“My name is Taimur Sullivan, I’m a saxophonist with the Prism Saxophone Quartet and on faculty at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.”

https://soundcloud.com/prism-quartet
www.prismquartet.com

Recorded June 2011
Originally Published September 3, 2011

Taimur Sullivan – Saxophone

“Hello, my name is Taylor Levine, I’m a guitarist, I live in Brooklyn.  I play in a lot of different groups, freelance stuff, and regular projects, my electric guitar quartet, Dither.  And then I’ve done stuff with Signal Ensemble, Bang on a  Can, Kronos Quartet, Tyondai Braxton, New Band, City Opera…”

www.ditherquartet.com

Recorded June 2011
Originally Published September 18, 2011


Taylor Levine – Guitar

“I’m Donald Nally and… I’m in Philadelphia with my group The Crossing which is a 24 voice contemporary choir (sings only music written in the last 15 years and much of it’s written for us).”

https://soundcloud.com/the-crossing
www.crossingchoir.com

Recorded September 2011
Originally Published October 16, 2011

Donald Nally – Conductor

“My name is Conor Hanick, I’m a pianist living in New York City.  I play a lot of contemporary music, mainly with a group in Pittsburgh called the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, I play with a group at Juilliard called the Axiom Ensemble, the Metropolis Ensemble….”

https://soundcloud.com/conorhanick
https://soundcloud.com/metroensemble
www.conorhanick.net

Recorded September 2011
Originally Published December 11, 2011

Conor Hanick – Piano

“I’m Miranda Cuckson and I’m a violinist (I also play some viola). I play with a bunch of groups around New York, the main ones these days are: counter)induction, Sequitur, also Lost Dog Ensemble….”

https://soundcloud.com/mirandamc-1
www.mirandacuckson.com

Recorded January 2012
Originally Published February 12, 2012


Miranda Cuckson – Violin

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