CMA Ensemble Festival
Celebrate spring with a festival of Contemporary Musical Arts Ensembles, featuring music, food, and dance all day long!
Our late morning set kicks off the day at 11am with Mal Barsamian’s Middle Eastern Music ensemble, followed by our Tango Ensemble, led by DMA candidate Delfina Cheb-Terrab.
At 1:30pm, Linda Chase’s Interdisciplinary Ensemble starts the afternoon set, followed by Mandé West African music with National Heritage Fellow Balla Kouyaté, the Joe Morris Ensemble, and Anthony Coleman’s Survivors Breakfast.
At 6pm, join us for an Eastern European Jewish Dance workshop followed by the Jewish Music Ensemble concert (Hankus Netsky), R&B Ensemble (Farayi Malek), and Lautaro Mantilla’s Contemporary Rock Ensemble. There will be complimentary snacks and room for dancing!
This is an all-day event, 11:00 am - 10:00 pm.
- Ensembles
- 11am Middle Eastern Ensemble
Artists- Brittany Bryant, voice
- Kaitlyn Knudsvig, violin
- Thatcher Harrison, guitar
- Avi Randall, piano
- Karl Henry, cello
- Mal Barsamian, coach
- Ensembles
- 12pm Tango Ensemble
Artists- Rosario Rivas, voice
- Carson McHaney, violin
- Nikita Manin, clarinet
- G Korth Rockwell, mandolin
- Alvaro Emiliano Lopez, guitar
- Mattias Kauffman, accordion
- Avi Randall, piano
- Solomon Caldwell, bass
- Delfina Cheb-Terrab, coach
- Ensembles
- 1:30pm Interdisciplinary Ensemble
Artists- Morgan Brookman, voice
- Ruochen (Maggie) Zang, voice
- Philip Rawlinson, viola
- Serena Bixby, voice, guitar
- Xiao (Edward) Sun, voice, guitar
- Skyler Lim, piano, voice
- Linda Chase, coach
- Ensembles
- 2pm Mande West African Music Ensemble - Group 1
Artists- Emily Mitchell, guitar, voice
- Vladyslav Dovhan, saxophone
- Kazuki Tsubakida, piano
- Morgan Brookman, voice
- Grant Smith, drums
- Balla Kouyaté, coach
- Ensembles
- Mande West African Music Ensemble - Group 2
Artists- Rosario Rivas, voice
- Michele Zimmerman, violin
- Hayley Qin, cello, voice
- Benjamin Friedland, bass
- Joseph Seo, drums
- Balla Kouyaté, coach
- Ensembles
- 3:30pm Joe Morris Ensemble
Artists- Caleb Schmale, saxophone
- Yoona Kim, ajaeng
- Grant Beale, guitar
- Olivia Wilkins-Becker, guitar
- Adrian Chabla, piano
- Noah Mark, drums
- Joe Morris, coach
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- 4:30pm Survivor's Breakfast
Artists- Ariel Vera, voice
- Seth Goldman, bassoon
- Christopher Ferrari, saxophone, clarinet, flute
- Mattias Kaufmann, accordion
- Grant Beale, guitar
- Álvaro Emiliano López, guitar
- Alexander Matheson, piano
- Alex Yoo, percussion
- Anthony Coleman, coach
- Ensembles
- 7pm Jewish Music Ensemble
Artists- Agne Giedraityte, voice
- Itay Dayan, clarinet
- Vladyslav Dovhan, saxophone
- Aiden Coleman, trombone
- Carson McHaney, violin
- Michele Zimmerman, violin
- Giulia Haible, cello, piano
- Mattias Kauffman, accordion
- Jamie Eliot, bass
- Isabella (Izzy) Butler, percussion
- Jiangcheng (Jeff) Guan, drums
- Hankus Netsky, coach
- Ensembles
- 8pm R&B Ensemble
Artists- Changrong (Yannick) Yan, voice
- Haoyu Zheng, piano, voice
- Kaitlyn Knudsvig, violin, voice
- Hayley (Yu) Qin, cello, voice
- Thatcher Harrison, guitar
- Skyler Lim, piano
- Karl Henry, bass
- Jiangcheng (Jeff) Guan, drums
- Farayi Malek, coach
- Ensembles
- 9pm Rock Ensemble
Artists- Kayden Carter, voice
- Yoona Kim, ajaeng
- Karl Henry, bass
- Moyu Zhang, piano
- Álvaro Emiliano López, guitar
- Weza Jamison-Neto, bass trombone
- Noah Mark, drums
- Lautaro Mantilla, coach