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David Bruce
Born in Stamford, Connecticut in 1970, composer David Bruce grew up in England and now enjoys a growing reputation on both sides of the Atlantic. In the 2013/14 season David was Associate Composer of the San Diego Symphony, for whom he wrote three pieces, including Night Parade for the orchestra's highly successful Carnegie Hall debut in October 2013; and the violin concerto Fragile Light for Gil Shaham for 2014. His fourth Carnegie Hall commission That Time with You(2013) for mezzo-soprano Kelley O'Connor follows Steampunk (2011), Gumboots (2008) and Piosenki(2006), which have all gone on to be widely performed by leading ensembles around the world. In the UK, David's piece Sidechaining was featured in the 2018 BBC Proms, he was 2012-13 Composer-in-Residence with the Royal Opera House, who co-commissioned with Glyndebourne the opera Nothing (after the book by Janne Teller), which premiered in Glyndebourne in February 2016. Bruce's chamber opera The Firework Maker's Daughter (after the Philip Pullman story) toured the UK and New York in 2013 and was shortlisted for both the British Composer Awards, and the 2014 Olivier Awards for Best New Opera Production. It was revived for a 27-performance run at ROH Lindbury Studios in December 2015
David Bruce
Born in Stamford, Connecticut in 1970, composer David Bruce grew up in England and now enjoys a growing reputation on both sides of the Atlantic. In the 2013/14 season David was Associate Composer of the San Diego Symphony, for whom he wrote three pieces, including Night Parade for the orchestra's highly successful Carnegie Hall debut in October 2013; and the violin concerto Fragile Light for Gil Shaham for 2014. His fourth Carnegie Hall commission That Time with You(2013) for mezzo-soprano Kelley O'Connor follows Steampunk (2011), Gumboots (2008) and Piosenki(2006), which have all gone on to be widely performed by leading ensembles around the world. In the UK, David's piece Sidechaining was featured in the 2018 BBC Proms, he was 2012-13 Composer-in-Residence with the Royal Opera House, who co-commissioned with Glyndebourne the opera Nothing (after the book by Janne Teller), which premiered in Glyndebourne in February 2016. Bruce's chamber opera The Firework Maker's Daughter (after the Philip Pullman story) toured the UK and New York in 2013 and was shortlisted for both the British Composer Awards, and the 2014 Olivier Awards for Best New Opera Production. It was revived for a 27-performance run at ROH Lindbury Studios in December 2015
Christopher Botta is a NY based producer and engineer. He runs Fer Sound, a mixing, mastering, and production studio in Bushwick Brooklyn. Chris works closely with non-profit organizations such as Found Sound Nation (OneBeat, Mosaic, Dosti Music Project, Broken Orchestra), JACK Studios, the Metropolis Ensemble, The MET, and Hear Her Song. He’s worked closely with artists such as Yaeji, Emily Wells, the JACK Quartet, Valee, and Shahzad Ismaily. His interests are positioned uncomfortably between contemporary chamber, electronic, and popular music forms.
Juniper Creative Arts is a Vermont-based Black and Dominican family collective with a mission-driven practice of creating art that involves and celebrates historically excluded communities.
David Frost is a recording producer with numerous releases by major labels such as Sony Classical, Decca Classics, Deutsche Grammophon, EMI Classics and RCA Red Seal. Honors include twenty Grammy Awards, among them seven for Classical Producer of the Year, three for Best Engineered Classical Album, two for Best Opera Recording for the Metropolitan Opera’s “Live in HD” releases of Philip Glass’ “Akhnaten” and Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess”, Best Classical Album and Best Choral Performance for the Verdi Requiem with Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony, Best Surround Sound Album, Renée Fleming’s “Verismo”, Sharon Isbin’s “Journey to the New World”, “Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago” and for the Sony Classical recording Listen to the Storyteller, with music by Wynton Marsalis, Edgar Meyer and Patrick Doyle, and narrated by Kate Winslet and Graham Greene. He was the producer for Alicia de Larrocha’s RCA recording of Granados’ Goyescas, which won both a Grammy Award and the Grand Prix du Disque.
He is currently a music producer and mixer for the Metropolitan Opera’s “Live in HD” cinema broadcasts and has served as music producer for WNET’s Great Performances television series, featuring Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, The New York Philharmonic, Andrea Bocelli, Pierre Boulez, The Cleveland Orchestra and The Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Other credits include Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 13 and Verdi’s Otello with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Riccardo Muti, Renée Fleming’s “Homage: The Age of the Diva” and “Broadway”, Maria Schneider’s “WInter Morning Walks” with Dawn Upshaw (a triple Grammy Award winning album), Gustavo Dudamel’s recording of Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique for Deutsche Grammophon, the Broadway cast album of Baz Luhrmann’s Production of Puccini’s La Boheme for Dreamworks Records. Recent collaborations include recordings with Yuja Wang, Daniil Trifonov and the Emerson String Quartet with Evgeny Kissin.
As a staff producer at BMG Classics (RCA Red Seal) for nearly a decade, he collaborated with RCA’s most important artists to create dozens of albums. He has also produced recordings for The Milken Archive, a multi-volume set of Jewish American music released by Naxos. He has been guest faculty at the Banff Centre and the Manhattan School of Music, giving workshops and lectures on record producing.
An accomplished pianist, David Frost has performed Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto at Carnegie Hall and has made two recordings, one titled Romantic Variations and one of the music of Scott Joplin. He has both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree from the Juilliard School of Music.
Mike Tierney is a Brooklyn-based, three time Grammy nominated audio engineer and producer. He has worked with a wide range of groups and genres, pulling from a diverse taste and experience to bring a unique musicality to each project.
Alexander is the founder and CCO of Edgeworks Entertainment, an indie video game and entertainment company, based on the success of TerraGenesis, the hit terraforming game for iOS, Android, and Windows.
A champion of new work, Grammy-nominated conductor Andrew Cyr has led premiere performances at venues ranging from Cité de la Musique (Paris, FR), The Met Museum, Celebrate Brooklyn(!), New Victory Theatre, Hamer Hall (Melbourne, AU), Radio City Music Hall, BAM’s Next Wave, and The Tonight Show.