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Miles Graber
piano

Pianist Miles Graber received his musical training at the Juilliard School. He has lived in the Bay Area since 1971, where he has developed a wide reputation as an accompanist and collaborative pianist for instrumentalists and singers. He has been associated with numerous solo artists, including Itzhak Perlman and Camilla Wicks, as well as with such ensembles as the San Francisco Chamber Soloists, Midsummer Mozart, the Oakland-East Bay Symphony, Oakland Lyric Opera, and the San Francisco Camerata. He has been a frequent performance accompanist and chamber player with members of the San Francisco Symphony, the San Jose Symphony, The Berkeley Symphony, the California Symphony, the Santa Rosa Symphony, and the UC Berkeley Symphony. He is principal pianist for the Bay Area chapter of the National Association of Composers USA. An active teacher and chamber music coach, Miles is on the faculties of the Crowden School, San Domenico Conservatory, and Summer Music Berkeley, and he is a member of the accompanying staff at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

 

 

Kyle Bruckmann
oboe, english horn

Oboist Kyle Bruckmann is a newcomer to San Francisco, but since his arrival in November has played oboe and English horn with the Berkeley Symphony, San Jose Chamber Orchestra, Santa Cruz Symphony, and the Oakland Chamber Ensemble. In his past home of Chicago, he played double reeds, accordion, keyboards, and electronics in projects ranging from performance events with Red Moon Theater to new music with Ensemble Noamnesia to post-punk rock with his band Lozenge. Bruckmann has over a dozen recordings on the market, including "Entymology", a solo improvised album and "Wrack", his compositions for chamber ensemble. Kyle studied at Rice University (BM) and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (MM).

David Arend
bass
David Arend, bass, also studied at the Juilliard School, after receiving his Bachelor of Music from Oberlin Conservatory. He currently plays with the Oakland-East Bay and Sacramento Symphonies, and is founder of ensembleMars, which focuses on new chamber music. Other projects include his jazz group Telepathy and music/dance collaboration Octagon. Some past highlights include collaboration with Ornette Coleman and playing a duet in concert with Bobby McFerrin. David is Treasurer and a member of the Board of Arts First Oakland, and he also teaches privately.

 

       
   
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