In June 2011, New Music On The Point participants worked with distinguished composers-in-residence Kathryn Alexander (Yale University) and David Rakowski (Brandeis University), the innovative ensemble-in-residence 5th House Ensemble (Chicago), the exciting mezzo-soprano Jennifer Beattie (Philadelphia) and Jillian Zack (New York City), our resident collaborative pianist and Point CounterPoint alum.

The 2011 alumni of New Music On The Point are:

Composers: Daniel Brottman, Jason Charney, Elliot Cless, David Gottlieb, Derek Jenkins, Daniel Kohane, Kenji Kuriyama, Jordan Kuspa, Nathan Prillaman, Paul Watkins, Andrew Watts, Liza White, Danielle Williams.

Instrumentalists: Elliot Cless, Patrick Fulton, Yen-Lin Goh, Katherine Haig, Katherine Henry, Hannah Porter, Tristan Rais-Sherman, Natalie Spehar, Samantha Whalen.

Vocalists: Stephanie Beattie, Tara Khozein, Sara Noble, Xela Pinkerton, Yoon Joo Yang.

They represented the following institutions:

• Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music
• Bowling Green State University
• Carthage College
• Converse College
• Eastern Illinois University
• Eastman School of Music
• Florida State University
• Indiana University
• Ithaca College
• New England Conservatory of Music
• New Mexico State University
• North Texas University
• Northwestern University
• Rice University
• San Francisco Conservatory of Music
• University of California – Berkeley
• University of California- Davis
• University of Kansas
• University of Maryland
• University of Missouri – Kansas City
• Vanderbilt University
• Westminster Choir College of Rider University
• Williams College
• Yale University