Daniel Brottman, keyboards
Daniel Brottmanis a conductor, horn player, and pianist from Palatine, Illinois. He holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and Northwestern University in composition and horn. As a conductor, he has worked with the Musica Nova Ensemble, Ossia New Music, ÆPEX Contemporary Performance, and was co-music director of the Ann Arbor Camerata for the 2018-19 season. As a horn player, he has performed with Alarm Will Sound, Ensemble Signal, and the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra. In addition to serving as a pianist with earspace, Daniel has held the piano position in the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra. Daniel is currently focusing on meditation practice and pedagogy.
Ledah Finck, violin
Originally from Boone, NC, Ledah Finck is a violinist, violist, composer, and improviser living in New York City. She is a member of the Bergamot Quartet, the inaugural Graduate String Quartet in Residence at the Mannes School of Music. She is a versatile performer of jazz and folk music as well as her primary focus of contemporary classical music. Her favorite pastimes and frequent sources of musical inspiration are being outside and reading.
Annie Jeng, keyboards
Hailed for her “brilliant pianism” (Gramophone) and “acrobatic” performances (Take Effect), Taiwanese-American pianist Annie Jeng has performed widely as a solo and chamber musician and as an advocate for living composers, has commissioned and premiered dozens of new works. She is the pianist of Khemia Ensemble and the founder and Executive Director of A Seat at the Piano (ASAP). ASAP is a non-profit resource that is dedicated to the promotion of inclusion in the performance and study of solo piano repertoire. During the summers, she is the Assistant Director of Piano of the Brancaleoni International Music Festival in Piobbico, Italy. Annie is currently Assistant Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy at UNC Greensboro.
Andrew Nogal, oboe
Oboist Andrew Nogal is an acclaimed orchestral performer, chamber musician, and interpreter of contemporary music. He is the solo oboist with two Chicago groups that specialize in performing new music: Ensemble Dal Niente and the Grossman Ensemble. Nogal also regularly performs with the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Philharmonic, and other orchestras across the Midwest.
For three summers, Nogal studied and performed under the direction of Pierre Boulez at the Lucerne Festival Academy in Switzerland. His degrees in music performance and art history come from Northwestern University. Away from music, his interests include 19th-century and contemporary literature, dogs, train travel, and coffee.
Erin Murphy Snedecor, co-director/cello
Erin Murphy Snedecor is a collaborative cellist who strives to forge new paths for interdisciplinary and multi genre art. Her work spans the realms of classical, contemporary, pop, rock, electroacoustic, and folk, and she would be hard pressed to pick a favorite.
Erin is known for her ability to perform with any ensemble of rock, folk, pop, bluegrass, and whatever-you-can-think-of in between. She performs with rock band Pompeii Graffiti and is half of the indie folk duo Black Rhinoceros.
Erin is a 2023 Strathmore Artist in Residence, as well as a proud graduate of Ithaca College and University of Maryland, College Park.
Lena Vidulich, viola
Violinist/violist Lena Vidulich is an adventurous and multi-faceted performer based in Chicago. A tireless advocate for new music, she is also able to move fluidly between the worlds of orchestral music, rock, improvisation, and musical theater.
Lena holds a Bachelor of Music in violin performance from Northwestern University. Her education also included studies at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Paris and Université de Paris 8 – Vincennes-St Denis. Lena received her master’s degree in contemporary violin performance at the Manhattan School of Music. She is also an AmSAT-certified teacher of the Alexander Technique and has served on faculty at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (NYC), the Riverside Initiative for the Alexander Technique (NYC), and Alexander Technique Training in Chicago.
Richard Drehoff Jr., co-Director/composer
Richard Drehoff Jr. is a composer, theorist, and pianist whose work has been commissioned by the U.S. Library of Congress and the New Mexico Contemporary Ensemble. His works have been premiered by Talea Ensemble, Mivos Quartet, Ensemble Dal Niente, oboist Andy Nogal, Bergamot Quartet, and Ensemble Paramirabo. Richard is the 2022–2023 Composer-in-Residence of the Durham Symphony Orchestra.
Richard’s research on works by Pierre Boulez, Chaya Czernowin, and Galina Ustvolskaya has been presented at annual meetings of the Society of Music Theory, the Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic, and the Music Theory Society of New York State. His interests focus on semiotics and perception of music with an emphasize on musical timbre.
Andy Hudson, clarinet
Clarinetist Andy Hudson has spent his career building bridges between education and performance: both from the past into the future, and also across the artificial barriers that separate artists from their audiences. While Andy has performed widely across the United States and Europe in solo, chamber, and orchestral settings, and has premiered nearly 100 new works to date, he is most proud of the collaborations he’s often enjoyed with emerging students, composers, and performers in public schools, universities, religious centers, and community centers. Andy is currently Assistant Professor of Clarinet at UNC Greensboro, and an Artist-Clinician/Ambassador for Buffet Crampon & Rovner Products.
Victoria Nelson, percussion
Victoria Nelson is a percussionist and educator based in Raleigh, NC. She can frequently be found in the symphony hall performing with various professional orchestras in the area including the North Carolina Symphony and the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, while also holding principal positions with the Fayetteville, Durham, and Raleigh Symphonies. Outside of the classical arena she is a founding member of the contemporary performing ensemble, earspace, and plays drums with the Durham Flash Chorus and the all female rock band Kinda Nice. Victoria holds a MM in percussion performance from Indiana University, and a BM from UNC Chapel Hill.
Vincent Povázsay, co-director/conductor
Vincent Povázsay is the Co-Director and Conductor of earspace. He has served as Assistant Conductor with the North Carolina Opera and Cover Conductor with the North Carolina Symphony. During this last season, Povázsay conducted the N.C. premiere of a newly staged production of As One, a chamber opera by Laura Kaminsky. An avid interpreter of contemporary music, Povázsay’s work with earspace aims to explore the inherent potentials within every moment and space, bringing the audience closer to the music they experience. He has guest conducted the Janáček Philharmonic, International Contemporary Ensemble, Northwestern Philharmonia, and the UNC Symphony Orchestra.
Philip Snyder, co-director/flute
Philip Snyder (they/he) is a flutist, composer, educator, and arts administrator currently based in Charleston, SC where they serve as the Producer for classical music programming at Spoleto Festival USA. Philip’s creative practice explores event-based agency, seeking to create shared experiences of discovery with all who are present at a performance. An award-winning flutist, Philip performs, records, and composes regularly with the experimental flute collective Eudaimonia and other ensembles around the country. As an educator, Philip has served on the faculty of the University of Mississippi in addition to a variety of other institutions.