Nief-Norf Summer Festival 2019

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... Read More →

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... Read More →

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... Read More →

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... Read More →