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Faculty Ensembles
The University of Delaware School of Music boasts a vibrant faculty ensemble program that showcases the exceptional talent and artistry of its esteemed professors. These faculty ensembles perform a diverse repertoire spanning classical, jazz, and contemporary genres, offering audiences a unique opportunity to experience music at the highest level.
From the acclaimed Christiana Winds to the virtuosic University of Delaware Jazz Ensemble, these faculty-led groups captivate listeners with their technical mastery, expressive interpretations, and collaborative spirit.
The Calidore String Quartet is recognized as one of the world’s foremost interpreters of a vast chamber music repertory, from the cycles of quartets by Beethoven and Mendelssohn to works of celebrated contemporary voices like György Kurtág, Jörg Widmann, and Caroline Shaw. For more than a decade, the Calidore has enjoyed performances and residencies in the world’s major venues and festivals, released multiple critically acclaimed recordings, and won numerous awards.
An ensemble of five dynamic and brilliant players, Christiana Winds explores the exciting and unique tradition of wind chamber music from the 18th century to the present. In diverse settings from the concert hall to the school classroom, Christiana Winds brings to its audiences the freshness and immediacy of the wind-instrument tradition. As ensemble-in-residence in the University of Delaware School of Music, Christiana Winds performs a variety of music, often with guest artists, and has been active commissioning new works for wind quintet. Nurtured and inspired by the spirit of great North American and European wind players, Christiana Winds takes pride in continuing a tradition of outstanding wind chamber music and a devotion to the rich and varied music of the wind quintet.
Members of the quintet are Eileen Grycky, flute; Erin Banholzer, oboe; Christopher Nichols, clarinet; John David Smith, horn; and Zachary Feingold, bassoon, whom are active as a soloist and members of numerous other ensembles. Their activities include national and international performances, teaching, and recording.
Comprised of University of Delaware faculty members who are in demand as jazz performers in and around the Delaware Valley, the UD Faculty Jazz Ensemble is dedicated to the performance and education of America's classical music. The ensemble performs on campus as part of the School of Music’s concert series and is available for clinics and performances in schools and concert venues.
Members of the UD Faculty Jazz Ensemble are Todd Groves, saxophones; Dave Bozenhard, guitar; Miles Brown, bass; and Tom Palmer, drums/piano.
“Quey sets a standard of ensemble precision, execution, cohesion, synergy, chemistry, musicianship, and artistry at the highest level”
-Paul Buyer, Working Toward Excellence (2nd edition)
For over 20 years, Quey Percussion Duo (pronounced “Kway”) has dazzled audiences worldwide with their unmistakable style that blends traditions of contemporary, cross-cultural, classical, and popular music to create colorful sound worlds that often place focus on interlocking counterpoint and musical multi-tasking. Their presentations have a reputation for elevating the basic acts of striking, shaking, and scraping into a blast of energy, a splash of curiosity, with a pinch of whimsy. Their curiosity and dedication to lifelong scholarship has led to decades of immersive study in global music making, a characteristic that permeates their distinct voice.
QPD has performed across 4 continents and extensively throughout the US, including over 200 guest performances/lectures at some of the most prestigious institutions in the world. Through their focus on creating high-level video content, their digital audience has climbed to over 4 million viewers and counting. Their broad digital footprint has led to collaborations with artists and organizations around the world, most recently providing music for Lululemon’s “Glow Up” ad campaign.
Comprised of members Gene Koshinski and Tim Broscious, QPD has worked with music festivals, professional orchestras, chamber music series’, art galleries, and conferences (including 5 PASIC appearances). In addition to their recordings for the Innova, Naxos, Centaur, Equilibrium, and Neuma record labels, QPD can be heard in the score of the award-winning short film The Passage, which was premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018. A review of their most recent album, soniChroma, stated, “one cannot help but stand in awe of the Quey Percussion Duo.” (Percussive Notes)
Through a series of four composition contests and many individual commission projects, QPD has generated over 300 new works written for the duo (or by the duo), some of which have become instant “earworms” for audiences and staples in the repertoire for percussionists worldwide. They have collaborated with renowned composers including Pulitzer Prize recipient John Luther Adams, Emmanuel Séjourné, Alejandro Viñao, Molly Joyce, Alyssa Weinberg, Stuart Saunders Smith, Adam Silverman, Phyllis Chen, David Macbride, David M. Gordon, Ben Wahlund, and Casey Cangelosi to name a few.
QPD holds the only full-time residency by a percussion duo in the US at the University of Delaware where they co-direct the percussion program, deliver various chamber music experiences, lessons, and studio classes. Their side-by-side approach to teaching has led to many performance and recording opportunities for their students.
QPD is endorsed by Pearl/Adams Instruments, Sabian Cymbals, Vic Firth Sticks and Mallets, and Remo Drumheads.
