Jessica Johnson
flute		 Jason Price
trumpet, cracklebox, electronics		 John Pickford Richards
viola, accordion
Jackie Leclair
oboe		 Michael Clayville
trombone		 Stefan Freund
cello, composer
Elisabeth Stimpert
clarinet, sax		 Payton MacDonald
percussion, tabla, composer		 Miles Brown
bass
Bill Kalinkos
clarinet, sax		 John Orfe
keyboards, composer		 Alan Pierson
artistic director, conductor, keyboards
Michael Harley
bassoon, voice, keyboards		 Courtney Orlando
violin, voice, keyboards, accordion		 Gavin Chuck
managing director, composer
Matt Marks
horn, keyboards, electronics		 Caleb Burhans
violin, viola, voice, electric guitar, composer		 Nigel Maister
staging director

John Pickford Richards

viola, accordion

John Pickford Richards

In elementary school I wanted more than anything to be a sensitive, cello-playing Marlboro man, scruff and all, but I was the tallest kid in class and was nicely asked to play bass instead. The shoe-polished monster was twice as tall as me, though you all should know I could play a mean Happy Blues. Needless to say, when a seat opened in the viola section, I jumped, unexpectedly.

John Pickford Richards

Performing around motherland Salt Lake City got me excited about playing with other people, however, my composition teacher and I had secret plans for music-writing school, loner cowboy wishes again. Years later I ended up with degrees in viola performance, no regrets. Some of that time in between was spent in the great woods of northern Michigan at the Interlochen Arts Academy, which led me to all the amazing people in Rochester and at the Eastman School - teachers, friends, and especially this bunch here. Now I play around as much as I can, move now and then, and do my best to eat well.