Peter Chatterjee is a Bay Area-based composer, arranger, and conductor. He began studying composition at Berklee College of Music, where his primary mentors were Dr. Marti Epstein, Dr. Panagiotis Liaropoulos, Bob Pilkington, Ayn Inserto, and Greg Hopkins. At Berklee, he focused on jazz composition, film scoring, and conducting. He holds a bachelor of music in jazz composition and film scoring, and graduated summa cum laude. Peter earned his master’s degree in composition with distinction at California State University, Northridge, where he studied with Dr.

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Paul Engle

October 22, 2020

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.

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Max Gibson

July 22, 2022

Max Gibson is a British-Irish composer, sound artist, improvisor, writer, and educator, whose work spans concert music, multimedia, electronic music, and theatre. At UC Davis, he is pursuing a Ph.D. in music composition and theory, with emphases in science and technology studies, studies in performance and practice, and environmental humanities. With a penchant for variety, and a voracious ear, his curiosity drives his experiments and explorations of sound.

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Guang Yang

September 26, 2024

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Ellen Ruth Rose
Viola

February 20, 2013

A champion of contemporary music in the United States and abroad, violist Ellen Ruth Rose is currently a member of Empyrean Ensemble, the flagship new music ensemble in residence at UC Davis, and Earplay, the San Francisco-based contemporary ensemble.

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Chris Froh
Lecturer in Music, Percussion

February 20, 2013 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.

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