Faculty
Saxophone & Woodwinds, Nief-Norf
Dr. Allison Adams is the Assistant Professor of Saxophone at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, where she shares her excitement for music with the next generation of music educators and performers. A versatile performer herself, Adams has been a featured soloist at venues across...
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Flute & Woodwinds, Nief-Norf
A champion of contemporary music, Lisa Cella has performed throughout the United States and abroad. She is a founding member of NOISE, the resident ensemble of San Diego New Music. With NOISE she has performed the works of young composers all around the world including at the Acousmania...
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Managing Director, Nief-Norf
Abby Fisher is a percussionist and educator, focused on performing and supporting continued growth of new music, with expertise in contemporary and classical percussion. National and international performances include: Stony Brook University's TEDx, Transplanted Roots Percussion Symposium...
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Piano, Nief-Norf
Pianist Andrea Lodge has been called a “Must See” (The Telegram, St. John’s, Canada). A specialist in the performance of contemporary music, she frequently collaborates with composers on the creation of new works including Herbert Deutsch, Elliot Cole, Nicholas Deyoe, Andrea...
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Co-Founder / Research Director, Nief-Norf
Kerry O’Brien is a musicologist and a percussionist, specializing in experimental music, minimalism, and countercultural spirituality. She has taught at Yale University, the University of Washington, Indiana University (where she earned her PhD in musicology), and currently teaches...
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Classical & Electric Guitar, Nief-Norf
A classical guitarist noted for his unique blend of refinement, intensity, and virtuosic technique, Jay Sorce has performed throughout the United States and in Canada, Mexico and Germany as soloist and chamber musician. Highlight appearances include performances at the Long Island...
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boss, Nief-Norf
Mike Truesdell is a constant niefer and an avid norfer. His desire to nief has taken him across the United States, Europe, and Asia. As a soloist, he was the 2nd-prize winner of the 2010 TROMP International Percussion Competition in the Netherlands. Recently, he has performed...
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Cello & Low Strings, Nief-Norf
Cellist Ashley Walters has been described as performing "with the kind of brilliance that beckons a major new performer on the new music scene" (Mark Swed, L.A. Times). She has been praised for her "imposing talents" (Sequenza 21) and "impressive" (Pitchfork) and "beautiful playing...
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Wednesday June 19, 2019 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
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