An in-demand musician in North America who is based in New York City, Fung Chern Hwei is an acclaimed violinist, violist, composer and arranger. He is the current member of Sirius Quartet, a string quartet that focuses on performing self composed music and improvisation, and Seven)Suns, which performs extreme music rooted in the language of avant-metal and hardcore rock music.

Julia Ireland is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Whitman College and a Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival Board Member. Her areas of specialization are Ancient Greek and German Philosophy, Critical Race Theory, and Philosophy and Literature.

Composed of violinists Reuben Kebede and Tiani Butts, violist Aimée McAnulty and cellist Pedro Sánchez, the Ivalas Quartet has been changing the face of classical music since their inception at the University of Michigan in 2016.

John Jamison has been a student of classical guitar and renaissance lute for many years.

Naumburg-Award-winning violinist Andrew Jennings has achieved international acclaim as both a performer and a teacher.

Gail Jennings is a native of New York City and attended the Mannes College of Music studying piano with Nadia Riesenberg and the Juilliard School studying composition with Roger Sessions and Hal Overton.

Brian Kachur is a performing artist and music educator from Pompton Lakes, New Jersey. He has garnered both national and international recognition as a soloist — having been named a Yamaha Young Performing Artist, Winner of the University of Michigan Concerto Competition, and having been selected as a contestant for the eighth Adolphe Sax International Competition in Dinant, Belgium.

Paul Kantor is one of the leading violin pedagogues and one of the most sought-after teachers in North America today. Appointed Eleanor H. Biggs Memorial Distinguished Professor of Violin at the Cleveland Institute of Music in 2002, he received his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from The Julliard School.

Violinist Reuben Kebede is an Ensemble Member of the Ivalas Quartet. Kebede has been heard in recital across the US, Europe, and in China.

Texu Kim’s works have been performed by Minnesota Orchestra, National Orchestra of Korea, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Modern, and many more.

Born and raised in Harrisonburg, Virginia, hornist Martin King graduated from James Madison University and pursued a career as a band director.

Cara Kizer is a nationally active freelancer and college professor in St. Louis and Illinois. Born in Texas, she began horn at the age of 14. Her studies began at Texas Tech University, where she studied under Anthony Brittin, a student of James Chambers. She continued on to The Juilliard School for a master’s degree, where she studied under the late Jerome Ashby, Associate Principal Horn of the New York Philharmonic

Originally from Las Vegas, Nevada, saxophonist Philip Kleutgens attends Northwestern University, where he is completing a master’s degree studying with Professor Taimur Sullivan.

Linda Kline is the Professor of Viola at Boise State University, where she also serves as Department Chair for Music. In the summer, she teaches and performs at the Interlochen Summer Arts Camp in Michigan.

A native of Seattle, Washington, Willem de Koch enjoys a diverse career as a performer, composer, and educator.

Called “stunningly virtuosic” by The New York Times and “superb” by the The Washington Post, Peter Kolkay is the only bassoonist to be awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant and first prize at the Concert Artists Guild International Competition.

Hailed for his “wonderfully warm, pliant, spontaneous playing” by the Washington Post, award winning pianist David Korevaar is in demand as a soloist, chamber musician and collaborator.

Praised by The Cleveland Classical Review for his “astonishingly confident technique” and The New York Times for “thrilling [and] triumphant” performances, pianist Henry Kramer is developing a reputation as a musician of rare sensitivity who combines stylish programming with insightful and exuberant interpretations.

Kevin Krentz is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. He enjoys a varied career as performer, inventor, artistic director, and teacher. Although he began his musical life as a cellist at 12, he soon dropped the cello to sing for the rest of his youth.

Described as “lyrical and precise” in the New York Times and lauded in the Miami Herald for her “incisive energy and lovely tone,” Adda Kridler has performed across the globe as a chamber and orchestral musician.

In demand as a strong leader and sensitive collaborator, Ms. Kridler is a member of the Momenta Quartet, a New York-based string quartet renowned for its compelling presentation of contemporary and classical repertoire.