Founded in 2011, Dance Heginbotham is a performance group devoted to the presentation of dance and theatrical work created by Brooklyn-based choreographer and performer John Heginbotham. The company’s work features highly structured, technically rigorous, and theatrical choreography, frequently set to the music of contemporary composers. 

Hailed as “the future of chamber music” (Strings), Brooklyn Rider offers eclectic repertoire in gripping performances that continue to attract legions of fans and draw rave reviews from classical, world, and rock critics alike. NPR credits Brooklyn Rider with “recreating the 300-year-old form of string quartet as a vital and creative 21st-century ensemble,” and the Los Angeles Times dubs the group “one of the wonders of contemporary music.” 

Carla Kihlstedt is a composer, violinist, and vocalist, and a veteran of folk/pop, contemporary classical, improvised and experimental music. She is a founding member of several pioneering and iconic bands, including Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Rabbit Rabbit, The Book of Knots, Minamo and Tin Hat. Kihlstedt has written for Contemporary Ensemble, ROVA Saxophone Quartet, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Brooklyn Rider, and Folger Shakespeare Library.

Gabriel Kahane has established himself as a leading voice among a generation of young composers redefining music for the 21st century. With high praise for his orchestral debut of the premiere of his song cycle Orinoco Sketches with John Adams and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Mr. Kahane’s work defies classifications. This season sees the staging of his latest album, The Ambassador, a musical investigation of Los Angeles by Tony Award–winning director John Tiffany at Carolina Performing Arts, UCLA, and BAM.