composer, performer and sound artist based in Chicago, IL.

Jesse Kaiser (b. 2000) is a composer, conductor, violinist, and vocalist based in South Carolina. His music spans diverse styles and ensembles, with recent works including "Full fathom five," a miniature setting of "Ariel's song" from Shakespeare’s "The Tempest," and "Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle," a Christmas anthem based on the traditional French carol.

He is the founder and artistic director of the Jesse Kaiser Ensemble, a professional choir in Columbia, South Carolina, known for eclectic, high-level performances. He also serves as a cantor and choral scholar at the Basilica of St. Peter and regularly performs with the South Carolina Philharmonic.

Kaiser studied at the University of South Carolina School of Music with John Fitz Rogers, Fang Man, David Kirkland Garner (composition), and Ari Streisfeld (violin). He participated in the Brevard Summer Music Festival, where he studied violin with Margie Karp and performed under conductors Ken Lam and Keith Lockhart, and he performed at the ACDA Southern Division (2016) and National (2017) conferences under composer/conductors Christopher Aspaas and Eric Whitacre, respectively. He received the John Lawrence McElyea Scholarship in 2020 for his musical contributions to the USC School of Music, and was a finalist for the 2021 Creativity in Music Awards for his electronic music installation "Information Alpha."

Outside of music, he enjoys time with family and friends, cooking, working on his studio, and watching his favorite YouTube creators.

Charles Berofsky is a pianist and composer currently studying at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München. This SoundCloud channel is dedicated to audio recordings of Charles' compositions. For video recordings, please visit the links listed below.

conductor, composer, horn player, pianist.

Based in Wales/New York
Studies at Juilliard '22

Jacob Beranek is a Wisconsin-born, New York-based composer of classical music rooted in melody. His compositions are infused with his love of historical traditions — musical, religious, or even his Czech heritage. Beranek served as the inaugural Composer-in-Residence of the Midsummer’s Music Festival (Door County, USA) from 2017–20. His works have been championed by the GRAMMY®-nominated ALIAS Chamber Ensemble (Nashville), Band of the Castle Guards & Czech Police (Prague), Dolce Suono Ensemble (Philadelphia), Euterpe Quintet (Seoul), and The Gesualdo Six (London). He is a student of John Corigliano at The Juilliard School.

Chicago-based composer, singer, and musical collaborator.

Composer, violinist, and soprano from DC studying at St. Olaf College.

Yiguo Yan is a winner of The American Prize in professional Category, a native Chinese composer studying and working in US. Her music has been played in China, America, Italy, France and Austria, with conductors Mahir Cetiz, Jeffery Means, Noah Sivan and Zsolt Nagy. Yan’s other winning awards including "Shanghai New Music Week 2016 international call for score", The First Prize of “Nancy Van de Vate International Composition Prize for Opera” (Austria), The First Prize of “Marion Tournon-Branly” outdoor performing art music directing (France), the First Prize of Shanghai chamber music composition competition (China), Her two chamber music composition for Chinese traditional instruments have been awarded by Shanghai Spring International Music Festival and Shanghai Conservatory “Xiang-Yin” composition competition for Chinese instruments. Yan has been awarded scholarship from Mannes College of Music, Brandeis University and UMKC. Her received fellowships including Fontainebleau Festival, Cortona New Music Session, Thailand International Composition Festival, Shanghai New Music Week, and Brevard Music Center. Yiguo Yan has been interviewed by the New York City ICN television station, Kansas City Johnson County Library, The New Women Weekly Newspaper and China Music Weekly Newspaper. She has received commission from NYU Zen Arts Concert and Johnson County Library “Listen Local” Project. The public radio weekly show “Music of our Mothers” in Maryland, America has broadcasted Yan’s music. Yan is also a featured artist in “Music of our Mothers” radio show’s companion website and Johnson County Library.

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