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.
Paul Engle has been struggling to tune a guitar to satiety since
the age of 13. He has completed music programs at Los Angeles
City College and CalArts (BFA Composition and Experimental Sound
Practices). He currently attends UC Davis as a graduate student,
studies shakuhachi with Kakizakai Kaoru, and writes his own bios
in third person.
Joseph Donald Peterson is a violist, composer,
and woodworker based in Northern California. He received his
bachelor’s degree from The Juilliard School, where he studied
viola with Samuel Rhodes and composition with Justin Dello Joio;
additional mentors include music theorist Steven Laitz and
violist Roger Tapping.
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.
