Dan Joseph is a free-lance composer based in New York City. Since the late 1990s, the hammer dulcimer has been the primary vehicle for his music. As a performer he is active with his own ensemble, The Dan Joseph Ensemble, as well as in various improvisational collaborations and as an occasional soloist.
Violinist Tom Chiu is particularly noted for his endeavors in new music and has worked closely with composers such as Milton Babbitt, Virko Baley, Dean Drummond, Olive Lake, Alvin Lucier, Ushio Torikai, and Zhou Long, John Zorn, among others.
Michael Lowenstern is a bass clarinetist, clarinetist and composer. He has performed and recorded with musicians and groups as diverse as The Klezmatics, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Steve Reich and Musicians and John Zorn.
Percussionist Danny Tunick is active in the classical, rock, and jazz scenes in and around New York City. He performs with the violinist Lydia Forbes in the violin/percussion duo Entropy, the Princeton Composers Ensemble, the Common Sense Composers Ensemble, and the Bang on a Can Festival. He is a member of the Laura Andel creative orchestra, rock bands Barbez and Rebecca Moore’s Prevention of Blindness, and the Digital-Chamber-Punk trio What is it Like to be a Bat.
Keyboardist Marija Ilic is an active performer of the traditional repertoire and new music in New York City and has worked with composers such as Martin Bresnick, George Crumb, Oliver Knussen, Joan Tower, Vykintas Baltakas, and collaborated with choreographers Christopher Caines, Ariane Anthony, Rajika Puri and with the National Theater of the United States of America.
Cellist Loren Kiyoshi Dempster can be found playing music with New York Miniaturist Ensemble, Bushwick String Quartet, Jessica Pavone Ensemble, Matt Bauder Ensemble, XYZ composer collective, and Taylor Ho Bynum Quintet. He has created or performed music for many choreographers including Catherine Kerr, Lenora Lee, Elke Rindfleisch, Ted Thomas, and Jeremy Wade.