Jacquelyn Adams, horn/bass guitar
Raised in a family of musicians, Jacquelyn began the Suzuki method at the age of three in her hometown of Forth Worth, Texas. At five, she discovered a love for the piano and her natural ability to perform was quickly recognized at the National Guild of Piano Teachers where she was one of the youngest performers ever to memorize and perform 15 two-part Bach Inventions. Showcased as the second place winner of a national "String without Bow" competition in 1997, Jacquelyn performed a Bach Sonata for String Bass on electric bass guitar.

With a diverse musical background and an eagerness to perform, Jacquelyn auditioned at the Curtis Institute in 1999 where she earned a Bachelor of Music Degree, studying French horn. As a horn performance major, she has earned a Master of Music Degree from Yale University and is currently a D.M.A. Candidate at SUNY Stony Brook. Jacquelyn is based in New York City and performs in a variety of ensembles such as the Opera Company of Philadelphia, Opera Festival of New Jersey, Fort Worth Symphony, Richmond Symphony, Broadway orchestras, as well as NYC based jazz orchestras. She also records for NFL Films. Most recently Jacquelyn appeared on Kanye West's Homecoming Tour, CBS's The Early Show, and delivered the New York premiere of Baljinder Sehkon II's "Pitch Dark Path" for solo horn and string quartet. To learn more about Jacquelyn, visit jacquelynadams.com.


Mike McCurdy, drum set
Michael McCurdy performs nationally and internationally with many groups including Hi Red Center, Mantra Percussion, Passenger Fish, Companion Star, the Mighty Buttons, Ensemble Inc., Left/Right Duo, Second Cousins, The Broken Glass and His Orchestra, and Forecast Music. Recently he has performed in Västerås, Sweden; Jakarta, Indonesia; at the Electronic Music Midwest Festival; at the Sparks Festival of Electronic Music; at the Bang on a Can Marathon; at the Festival of New American Music; at the April in Santa Cruz New Music Festival; and at universities and percussion festivals around the country.

He has performed with, among others, Continuum Chamber Ensemble, the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, the Albany Symphony, the Sacramento Philharmonic, and the Sacramento Opera. Michael is a champion of new music, premiering and recording works by established composers such as Gavin Bryars, Richard Felciano, Michael Fiday, Annie Gosfield, Karen Tanaka, and Ushio Torikai. Michael has also developed relationships with many young composers to commission and perform new works. Most of these collaborations have blended music with dance, and music with text and theatre — many of these efforts have combined music with electronics or interactive computer.

Michael completed a DMA in percussion performance at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His teachers over his career have included Nick Petrella, Steve Schick, Dan Kennedy, Raymond DesRoches, and Eduardo Leandro. Michael is endorsed by Sabian cymbals.


Sheryl Lee, piano/keyboard
Sheryl Lee made her orchestral debut with Utah Symphony at age twelve and was accepted by The Juilliard School shortly after. She gave her New York solo debut at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. She has given masterclasses, garnered numerous awards and international acclaim for her solo, orchestral and chamber music performances across Asia, Europe, Canada and the United States. Ms. Lee received her education at New York University, University of Southern California, Universite de Montreal and Yale University.

In addition to her performing career, her work off stage includes managing and advising artists, companies, music and art organizations, and has been noted as a mover and shaker in the music industry. Sheryl is on the music faculty at The Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, New York and New York Youth Symphony Chamber Music Program. She was the marketing director at Carl Fischer Music Publishing and served as an Adjunct Instructor of Piano at New York University. She is also an artist at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada.

She is the founder of Matrix Music Collaborators, a collective that aims to develop, integrate and explore ways to form interdisciplinary collaborative partnerships promoting branding experiences in classical music. She is the co-creator/ coordinator of Music on MacDougal, an adventurous downtown music series at the historic Players Theatre in Greenwich Village, New York. She is actively involved with many charitable organizations, including Operation Smile and UNICEF.


Yoon Kwon, acoustic/electric violin
Violinist Yoon Kwon began her professional career in as a thirteen-year-old, youngest winner in the history of the New Jersey Symphony Young Artists Auditions joining the roster of IMG Artists, alongside such artists as Itzhak Perlman and Joshua Bell.  She made her New York debut at age 17 at Avery Fisher Hall, performing the Stravinsky Violin Concerto and became the first Korean artist to record for the RCA/BMG Red Seal label.  She has since concertized extensively as soloist with major orchestras such as the Cologne and Warsaw Philharmonics, the California, Cincinnati, Colorado, El Paso, Houston, Honolulu, New Jersey, New Mexico, St. Louis, Wichita, and Vancouver symphonies. She has performed as chamber musician at festivals in Switzerland, Italy, Finland, and, in the United States, at Aspen, Santa Fe, Spoleto, Marlboro, and La Jolla, and have performed in recital in over 100 cities. A native of Korea, Yoon was accepted into The Juilliard School at the age of 8, to study with the late Dorothy DeLay.  She received her Bachelor, Masters, and the prestigious Artist Diploma Degrees from there, where she also studied with Cho-Liang Lin and Donald Weilerstein.  Today, still only in her twenties, Yoon Kwon is a seasoned artist with a remarkable and excitingly versatile career.  In addition to her solo appearances, she is currently a first violinist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center II.