Sarah Cahill, hailed as “a sterling pianist and an intrepid illuminator of the classical avant-garde” by The New York Times and “a brilliant and charismatic advocate for modern and contemporary composers” by Time Out New York, has commissioned and premiered over seventy compositions for solo piano. Composers who have dedicated works to Cahill include John Adams, Terry Riley, Frederic Rzewski, Pauline Oliveros, Julia Wolfe, Roscoe Mitchell, Annea Lockwood, and Ingram Marshall. Keyboard Magazine writes, “Through her inspired interpretation of works across the 20th and 21st centuries, Cahill has been instrumental in bringing to life the music of many of our greatest living composers.” She was named a 2018 Champion of New Music, awarded by the American Composers Forum (ACF).

Todd Reynolds is a self-proclaimed ‘solo classical violinist gone horribly wrong’. For years the violinist of choice for contemporary artists such as Steve Reich, Meredith Monk, and Bang on a Can, he’s also a founder of the string quartet known as Ethel.

Zachary Neikens is a native of Long Island, New York. He joined the New Jersey Symphony in March 2025 as Bass Trombonist. As an active freelancer in New York City, Zach has performed with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, New York City Ballet, New York Philharmonic, American Composers Orchestra, American Ballet Theater and the Lincoln Center Festival Orchestra.

Paige Quillen has performed in renowned concert halls across the United States, including Radio City Music Hall, Carnegie Hall, and Meyerson Hall.

Originally from Birmingham, Alabama, Robert Garrison is a New York City–based freelance trumpeter recognized for his versatility across classical, baroque, and jazz traditions. He performs regularly with leading orchestras and ensembles throughout the United States and abroad and recently served as Acting Principal Trumpet of the Sarasota Orchestra during the 2025–2026 season.

Trumpet player Huanyi Yang was born in Beijing, China in 1999. He started learning trumpet at the age of 10 and began to receive professional music practice in high school. He then transferred to Walnut Hill Art High School, where he studied under Joseph Foley --- trumpet professor at the Boston Conservatory.

Dr. Johnna Wu is a violinist and improviser active in North America, Europe, and Asia. Since making her solo debut performance with the Indianapolis Symphony at the age of eight, she has performed internationally and most recently at the Lucerne Festival, Electroacoustic Festival in Chile, cheLA Buenos Aires, Toyama International Contemporary Music Festival in Japan, University Museum of Contemporary Art in Mexico City, the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Donaueschingen Musiktage, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Carnegie Hall, the Berlin Philharmonie, Paris Philharmonie, Guangzhou Opera House, and the Banff Centre in Canada. 

Brooklyn-based flutist Roberta Michel is dedicated to the music of our time. She has commissioned and premiered hundreds of new works and has worked with many notable composers of our day. Roberta is the flutist and Co-Director of Wavefield Ensemble and is a member of Da Capo Chamber Players, PinkNoise, and Duo RoMi.

Caroline Davis is a Brooklyn-based saxophonist, composer, and activist, whose work is driven by a desire for connection and a belief in music’s capacity to expand listeners’ ears, minds, and hearts. A 2025 Guggenheim Fellow in Composition, she is the recipient of the DownBeat Critics Poll Alto Saxophone Rising Star Award, as well as fellowships from NYFA, the Jerome Foundation, Chamber Music America, and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts.

Kweku Sumbry is a multi-percussionist, sound healer, composer, and bandleader from Washington, D.C. He's grounded in the traditions of the Djembe Orchestra, and his journey began at age four, studying under his uncle and founder of Farafina Kan, Mahiri Fadjimba Keita. Today, Kweku proudly serves as the artistic director of the ensemble, continuing its rich legacy.

Mobéy Lola Irizarry (they/she) is a genderqueer cultural worker in the realms of Salsa, Bomba, And transdisciplinary performance. Based in Brooklyn, they hail from the Puerto Rican diaspora in Hartford, CT, and are a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. She makes within the lineages of decolonial uprisings, collections of tiny mirrors at queer clubs, and the precolonial languages ​​of the drum and the braid.

A native of South Florida, percussionist Murphy Aucamp began playing drums at the age of 6 and later congas after discovering his passion for Cuban music. Murphy studied classical percussion at Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, while simultaneously studying rumba in the streets of Miami-Dade and Broward counties.

Kazemde George is an Jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator based in Oakland, California. Raised in Berkeley by Caribbean parents, Kaz has been playing Saxophone, Piano and Percussion in a wide range of musical styles from an early age.

Saxophonist, trumpeter, and multi-instrumentalist Caleb Wheeler Curtis has been called "one of the more daring musicians in jazz today" by All About Jazz, and his music described as "a masterpiece" by Italy's Musica Jazz.

Eliza Salem is an in-demand drummer, educator and composer currently based in Brooklyn, New York. As a multi-faceted musician, Eliza strives to explore and reach across the many domains of creative music.

Aaron Edgcomb (he/they) is a composer, percussionist, and multi-disciplinary artist from Reno, NV, currently living in Brooklyn, NY whose work appears in such contexts as improvisational music, jazz, “new music”, noise, and song.

American cellist and composer Mariel Roberts Musa, "one of the leading solo performers in new music" (Bandcamp) is widely recognized not just for her virtuosic performances, but as a fearless explorer in her field. Her ravenous appetite for collaboration and experimentation as an interpreter, improvisor, and composer have helped create a body of work which bridges avant-garde, contemporary, classical, improvised, and traditional music.

Violist Maren Rothfritz is a passionate artist and educator who enjoys seeking colorful musical expressions across a wide range of repertoire old and new.

Fiercely committed to the music of our time, violinist, composer, and writer Giancarlo Latta is interested in the intersection and convergence of music old and new. Through a broad repertoire and bold dedication to wide-ranging collaborative possibilities, he curates projects and programs that explore varied compositional voices and draw threads across styles and centuries.

As a violinist, curator, and educator, Clara frequently collaborates with others.  A curious listener, she enjoys learning about other people - how they think, what they feel, how they absorb the world around them.