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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Jacob Lane

October 22, 2020

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).

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Emily Joy Sullivan

September 6, 2019 Master’s in music composition, SUNY FredoniaBA in music, Amherst College

Emily Joy Sullivan (b. 1987) is a composer, educator, and choral director based in Northern California.

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Trey Makler

September 6, 2019

Trey Makler (b. 1994) is a musical storyteller. His music creates dramatic, poignant narratives that take the listener on unexpected journeys through memories of hope, play, struggle, and triumph. Aside from composing, he enjoys writing poetry, doodling, and organizing concerts. He is a doctoral candidate in composition and theory at the University of California, Davis, and holds degrees from the Juilliard School and the University of Missouri. His primary teachers have included Mika Pelo, Melinda Wagner, Stefan Freund, and W. Thomas McKenney.

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Sarah Wald

April 21, 2016

Sarah Wald was born in Chicago. She attended Columbia University in the City of New York for her bachelor’s degree in music with a focus in composition. While at Columbia, Sarah studied composition with Tristan Murail and Arthur Kampela, as well as with Robert Lombardo in Chicago. She also studied flute with Sue Ann Kahn. Sarah then studied with Conrad Susa and David Garner at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music for her master’s degree in composition. For her master’s thesis, she composed and produced Elegy for a Lady: a Music Drama in One A

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Daniel Godsil

April 21, 2016

Born and raised in central Illinois, Daniel Godsil (b. 1982) is a composer of chamber, orchestral, vocal, electronic, and film music, currently pursuing his PhD in composition and theory at the University of California, Davis. He holds an MFA in music composition from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, where he studied with John Fitz Rogers, John Mallia, and Jonathan Bailey Holland.

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