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David Crowell
David Crowell is a New York City–based composer and multi-instrumentalist (saxophones, guitar) whose work bridges contemporary classical music, improvisation, jazz, and experimental rock and pop. His creative process ranges from purely acoustic writing to electronics and sampled sound, with improvisation often playing an important role in generating material. The New York Times has described his…
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Bennett Coughlin
Bennett Coughlin is a percussionist and music educator based in the Greater Syracuse–Auburn area of New York. He currently serves as a music teacher in the Auburn Enlarged City School District and holds multiple leadership roles with the Auburn Vanguard Marching Band, including Percussion Caption Head, Music Coordinator, and Music Arranger/Composer. He is also the…
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Mary Box
Mary Box, a conductor and opera coach based in Houston, Texas, founded the Montrose Project – an organization driven to discover, celebrate, and perform works by women composers.
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Sean Connors
Sean Connors is an Ensemble Member and Technical Director of Third Coast Percussion. He has performed with Amphion Percussion, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, eighth blackbird, the International Contemporary Ensemble, Signal, and Metropolis Ensemble, and he was the percussionist for 2 summers with the prestigious Aspen Music Festival Contemporary Ensemble. As an educator, Sean served…
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Peter Ferry
Acclaimed as “the ingenious percussionist Peter Ferry,” (Chicago Sun-Times), Peter Ferry is a young American percussion soloist re-imagining classical performances around the world through contemporary repertoire projects and innovative artistic collaborations. An active concerto soloist, Ferry has championed the percussion concerti of Joe Duddell, Emmanuel Sejourne, Michael Torke, Ney Rosauro, and Jacob ter Veldhuis and…
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Darren Lin
1st Lieutenant Darren Y. Lin joined “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in July 2019 as a percussionist. He was appointed Assistant Director in July 2021 and commissioned to his current rank in January 2022. 1st Lt. Lin is a 2009 graduate of Hershey High School in Pennsylvania. He earned a bachelor’s degree in…
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Alison Lowell
Alison Lowell is a passionate arts advocate. She currently serves as a Supervisory Copyright Specialist with the United States Copyright Office, Performing Arts Division, at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Alison is a founding member and Artistic Director of District5, a wind quintet dedicated to new works and transcriptions. She is the Director…
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Audrey Snyder
Audrey Q. Snyder is a Chicago-based cellist. She has collaborated with members of Ensemble Signal, Ensemble Dal Niente, and others. Snyder is a core member of the Chicago-based Zafa Collective. With the collective she has performed at Constellation and Poetry Foundation. Snyder produced, performed in and coordinated the live performance of New Music//New Film Collaborative,…
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Blaire Koerner
Dr. Blaire K.S. Koerner is an accomplished bassoonist, educator, and career advisor. As a bassoonist, Dr. Koerner is a founding member of Hats + Heels Duo, a quirky ensemble of bassoon and harp that aim to engage audiences through the universal intrigue of an entertaining story. Their innovative performances are infused with a variety of art forms…
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Eunmi Ko
Hailed as “exceedingly interesting” (New York Concert Review) and “kaleidoscopic”(San Francisco Classical Voice), pianist Eunmi Ko concertizes throughout Asia, Europe, and Americas. She works with contemporary composers, ensembles, and performers from around the world. Ko teaches at the University of South Florida as Associate Professor of Piano. Her past positions include co-advisor of USF New…
