Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, University of Michigan
Percussionist Christopher Froh specializes in
promoting and influencing the creation of new music through
critically acclaimed performances and dynamic lectures. To date,
he has premiered over 150 chamber and solo works by composers
from 17 countries. His collaborations include some of the most
significant composers of the twentieth and
twenty-first centuries, including Chaya Czernowin, David
Lang, Steve Mackey, John Adams, George Crumb, Liza Lim, Matthias
Pintcher, and Keiko Abe.
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Composition and Experimental Sound Practices , CalArts
Paul Engle has studied music with many great teachers and
colleagues at Los Angeles City College, CalArts (BFA Composition
and Experimental Sound Practices), and UC Davis where he is
currently a graduate student. He also studies shakuhachi with
Kakizakai Kaoru, performs with the UCD Graduate Student Ensemble,
and teaches young people music theory and composition at New
World Music Academy in Pleasanton.
Joseph Donald Peterson (b. 1995, he/him) is a performer,
composer, and occasional violin maker. He received his Bachelor’s
degree in viola performance from The Juilliard School, where he
studied with the violist Samuel Rhodes and the composer Justin
Dello Joio. During his time there, he was runner-up in the
Juilliard School viola competition, contributed to the
student-led newspaper, The Citizen Penguin, and co-led several
student actions.
Jacob Lane is a composer, pianist, and educator
who lives in Davis, California. He is the pianist for the chamber
group Sl(e)ight
Ensemble and has been a member of The Music Teachers’
Association of California since 2015. In addition to his private
studio, Jacob teaches piano performance and music theory at New
World Music Academy in Pleasanton, California. Jacob holds
degrees in music performance from Mills College (Oakland,
California), and Northern Vermont State University (Johnson,
Vermont).
B.A. Music: Skidmore College M.M. Music Composition: Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Colin Minigan (b.1994) is a Massachusetts-born composer whose
recent music is concerned with natural phenomena, and the
relationship between static and fluid elements of musical
composition and performance. In addition to composition Colin
spent time studying ethnomusicology and uses this perspective to
inform his compositions. Colin has frequently collaborated on
dance projects with performances throughout the United States and
is an administrator and curator of the Xsection Film Festival, a
festival aimed at promoting interdisciplinary collaboration
between dance, science, and film.
M.A., University of California Santa CruzB.M., San Francisco State University
Bryndan Moondy is a composer and guitarist rooted in Northern
California. Bryndan’s creative practice seeks to engage the
substance and materiality of sound and is driven by a fascination
with the meanings we construct for ourselves through listening
and engagement with[in] sound spaces. His work frequently draws
influence from the natural world and other mediums within the
visual and literary arts. Bryndan has received degrees from
San Francisco State University and UC Santa Cruz. He is
currently pursuing a PhD in composition and theory at UC Davis.
