Performer Interview #7: Joshua Roman, cello
Dubbed a “Classical Rock Star” by the press, cellist Joshua Roman has earned a national reputation for performing a wide range of repertoire with an absolute commitment to communicating the essence of the music at its most organic level. Current season engagements include debuts with the Albany, Arkansas, and Santa Barbara Symphonies, the New Philharmonic...
Performer Interview #6: Kelli Kathman, flute
Kelli Kathman attends the Graduate Center of the City University of New York where she is a doctoral student of Tara Helen O’Connor. Kelli also holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the Eastman School of Music and a Master’s Degree from Yale University. She regularly performs with new music ensembles Signal and Alarm Will Sound and...
Performer Interview #5: Alicia Lee, clarinet
Born into a musical family, Alicia Lee grew up in Michigan where she began her musical studies on the violin and piano at age 4. She made the switch to clarinet at the age of 12. Her orchestral appearances include the Spoleto festivals in Italy and America, the Lucerne Festival Academy, the New Mexico Symphony...
Performer Interview #4: Benjamin Beirs, guitar
Hi Everyone! For those of you who may be tuning in for the first time, this series of performer interviews is acting as a countdown to the February 3 Mobtown Modern concert in Baltimore. Come and meet everyone in person, it will be fun!! If you are inspired by these interviews to sponsor a musician,...
Performer Interview #3: Yuki Numata, violin
Yuki Numata is a violinist with “virtuosic flair and dexterous bravery,” according to the New York Times. Ms. Numata is rapidly gaining attention as a charismatic virtuoso, having performed as a soloist with the New World Symphony, the University at Buffalo’s Slee Sinfonietta, the Wordless Music Orchestra, the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra and the Eastman...
Performer Interview #2: Chris Thompson, percussion
Percussionist Chris Thompson is a member of Alarm Will Sound, The American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME), The Knights Chamber Orchestra, Line C3 Percussion Group and has performed as a guest with the Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and for On- and Off- Broadway theater, including the New York Productions of Wicked, Phantom of the Opera,...
Performer Interview #1: Brian Sacawa, saxophone
Happy 2010 everyone!! To start off the New Year in good and proper Tom Sawyer fashion, I would like to introduce you to the musicians who will be playing in my fast-approaching February 3rd Mobtown Modern concert. Every 4-5 days a new “Performer Interview” will be posted. They have all been asked to answer the...
