CAMPGround25 Performing Artists
Arda Cabaoğlu Virtanen
Arda Cabaoğlu Virtanen, D.M.A. (b.1981) is an artist, musician, music scholar, educator resides in three different continents: New York City, Helsinki, and his hometown Istanbul. As broad as his cultural background, he completed his doctoral studies at Eastman School of Music, previously studied at Malmö Academy of Music in Sweden, and İstanbul Technical University (MİAM) in Istanbul. Cabaoglu’s mentors include Håkan Hardenberger, James Thompson, Bo Nilsson, Olle Sjöberg, and Erden Bilgen.
As a pioneer in the genre of long durational musical performance art, Arda Cabaoğlu’s piece titled: “Forced Misophonia: BLAST BLOW PULSE” in SSM Contemporary Art Museum in Istanbul, where he performed his long durational work for 4.5 weeks and 8 hours a day, considered to be the longest musical performance in the world performed by a musical instrumentalist, as a part of AKIS/FLUX curated by Marina Abramović Institute, Hudson, NY. Award-winning performer, appeared in numerous world premieres by composers such as Theo Chandler, Jonathan Dawe, Maxwell Dulaney, Turgut Erçetin, Dave Headlam, Evan Henry, Ibrahim Maalouf, Paul Moravec, Leif Segerstam, Daniel Pesca, Nathan Prillaman, Sangbin Rhie, David Riebe, Phil Taylor, Jeff Tyzik, and many more.
A CAMPGround Festival artist since 2022 with his trumpets, Dr. Cabaoglu regularly performs historical to contemporary settings in various cities in the world. He has his own trumpet studio globally helping individuals for the development of their trumpet and artistic practices.
Julianna Eidle
Julianna Eidle is an Illinois-based performer, organizer, and educator recently appointed Instructor of Flute at Western Illinois University. A passionate collaborator, Julianna is Director of New Downbeat, a Cincinnati chamber ensemble rooted in intersectional feminism. An advocate for new music, Julianna has premiered over 50 works for solo flute and ensemble and performed at the BMI Composer Awards, SHE: Festival of Women in Music, Society of Composers, Inc. Student National Conference, and the Midwest Composers Symposium. She holds the Second Flute/Piccolo chair with Opera in the Ozarks and freelances with orchestras throughout the Midwest. With interests in artistic wholeness, Julianna has pursued studies in Deep Listening, Yoga Teacher Certification, and The Well’s My True SELF program. Julianna holds degrees from Indiana University (BM and Performer Diploma) and the University of Cincinnati (MM,) where she is currently a DMA candidate.
Christina Adams
Dr. Christina Adams appears frequently as a soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician, and serves as Instructor of Violin, Viola, and Chamber Music at the University of South Florida. She has collaborated with leading artists from around the country, including New York Philharmonic principals, and has performed throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Dr. Adams is artist-faculty at the Montecito International Music Festival, faculty and Assistant Director of Strings and Chamber Music at the Brancaleoni International Music Festival, and is the violinist/violist of the new music group Four Corners Ensemble. She can be heard on their album “World Map,” through Navona Records.
Adams holds degrees from the University of South Florida, Boston University, and a DMA from the University of Michigan.
Jamie Jordan
Jamie Jordan devotes herself to music of the 20th and 21st centuries. Ms Jordan has collaborated with NY Philharmonic musicians on CONTACT!, the Orchestra’s new-music series, and their chamber music series at Merkin Hall. Other ensembles she has worked with include American Composers Orchestra, Bob Becker Ensemble, Ensemble Signal, Experiments in Opera, LA Phil New Music Group, Mantra Percussion, New York New Music Ensemble, Talea Ensemble, Talujōn.
Jamie has appeared at the American Academy in Rome, Cornell University, Eastman School of Music, Ithaca College, University of Notre Dame, New York University, Syracuse University, University of Maryland, and University of Pennsylvania, among many others. She has performed with Alia Musica Pittsburgh, Baltimore Lieder Weekend, Bargemusic, Bang on a Can Marathon, Brooklyn Philharmonic Chamber Music Series, CAMP (Contemporary Art Music Project, Tampa, Fla.), FeNAM (Festival of New American Music, Sacramento State University), June in Buffalo, Music on the Edge (University of Pittsburgh), NYCEMF, NOCCO (Seattle), Resonant Bodies Festival, String Orchestra of Brooklyn, and Unruly Music Festival (University of Milwaukee).
Jamie Jordan is profoundly grateful for the profound vocal artistry and wisdom of Judith Kellock, Lauralyn Kolb, and Susan Davenny-Wyner. She is passionate about music literacy and teaches piano and voice throughout the NY metropolitan area.
Kevin von Kampen
Kevin von Kampen is an active percussionist and educator based in Tampa, FL. He is currently on the music faculty at the University of South Florida teaching percussion. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Percussion Performance from the University of Cincinnati College – Conservatory of Music, a Master of Music in Percussion Performance from the University of South Florida, and a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. Kevin was previously the Percussion Director for the University of South Florida Herd of Thunder Marching Band, a percussion instructor for the University of Cincinnati Bearcat Marching Band, the director of the Cincinnati Youth Percussion Ensemble through CCM Prep, and a middle school and high school music teacher in the Hillsborough County Public School District.
As a performer, Kevin is active in solo, concerto, chamber, and large ensemble works. He appears on Baljinder Sekhon: Places and Times released by Innova Recordings, Globe, Travel, Homeland released by Ravello Records, the McCormick Percussion Group recordings Plot: Music for Unspecified Instrumentation and Plugged and Unplugged: The Music of Ciro Scotto both released by Ravello Records, and Patterns: Chamber Works released by Navona Records. Kevin is also active in commercial music, performing with touring artists such as “Weird Al” Yankovic, Michael Bolton, Irish Tenors, and Michael Amante, and with shows such as “In Dreams” – Roy Orbison Hologram Tour, Video Games Live, 4U: A Symphonic Celebration of Prince, Cirque Musica, and Rocktopia. His primary teachers include Rusty Burge, Jim Culley, Robert McCormick, Al Rometo, Tony Falcone, and Dana Murray.
Eunmi Ko
Hailed as “exceedingly interesting” by the New York Concert Review and “kaleidoscopic” by the San Francisco Classical Voice, pianist/entrepreneur Eunmi Ko concertizes as a recitalist and chamber musician throughout Asia, Europe, and the Americas. As a sought-after collaborator and champion of new music, she works with contemporary composers, ensembles, and performers from around the world.
She was the resident artist for the award-winning percussion ensemble McCormick Percussion Group (MPG) and collaborated with Director Robert McCormick for the Concerti for Piano and Percussion Project. Their collaborative partners include composers Alessandro Annunziata, Anthony R. Green, Emily Koh, David Liptak, Hilary Tann, among others.
Ko may also be heard on recently published CD releases by Innova Recordings, Neuma Records, Centaur Records, and Ravello Records.
Ko holds graduate degrees (MM and DMA) from the Eastman School of Music. She is the co-founder and President of the Contemporary Art Music Project (CAMP) and artistic director of the international new music festival Dot The Line (Korea).
Katherine Weintraub
Dr. Katherine Weintraub (a native of Sarasota, Florida) is a decorated performer and passionate educator. She has been praised by composer Libby Larson for her “technical brilliance” and her “uncanny ability to communicate the music directly to the heart of the listener”. Dr. Weintraub is currently a private studio instructor and freelance performer residing in Tampa, Florida. She also serves as the Adjunct Professor of Saxophone at The University of South Florida and Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida. From 2016-2018, Dr. Weintraub served as the Visiting Assistant Professor of Saxophone at Florida State University. She has been named winner of several international competitions, including the 2020 Matthew Ruggiero International Woodwind Competition and the 2014 International Saxophone Symposium and Competition. Dr. Weintraub received her Doctorate of Musical Arts (with Performer’s Certificate) from the Eastman School of Music (where she studied with Dr. Chien-Kwan Lin), and her Bachelor’s and Master’s of Music from the University of Michigan (where she studied with Donald Sinta). She is also a Selmer Performing Artist.
Sebastian Stefanovic
Violist Sebastian Stefanovic joined The Florida Orchestra in the fall of 2022. He is a Baltimore native and completed bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Rice University’s Shepherd School while studying with Ivo-Jan van der Werff.
Stefanovic is a passionate advocate for new music and the expansion of the viola repertoire, and he has commissioned, premiered and recorded a variety of solo and ensemble works, including the winning composition of the American Viola Society’s Gardner Prize, as well as participated in the 2020 and 2021 Composers’ Conference.
As a chamber musician, he has received quartet fellowships at the Aspen Music Festival and the Robert Mann String Quartet Seminar. He enjoys inventive and multifaceted programming, frequently curating interdisciplinary collaborations for the Houston-based conductorless string orchestra Kinetic. He spent three years as a Young Artist for DACAMERA, performing and teaching in schools, museums and galleries across Houston.
When not playing music, Stefanovic enjoys cooking, reading, soccer and pickleball.
Laura Usiskin
Laura Usiskin (she/her) enjoys a versatile career as a cellist and educator. Her playing has taken her to concert halls throughout the United States and Europe, including the Kennedy Center, Palazzo Chigi Saracini, Symphony Hall (Boston), Alice Tully Hall, Weill Hall, Zankel Hall, Merkin Hall, Miller Theatre, Barge Music, Steinway Hall, and Klavierhaus. While completing an Artist-In-Residency with the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra, Usiskin founded and served as the inaugural Executive Director of the Montgomery Music Project, an El Sistema strings program in Montgomery, Alabama. The program, now more than 10 years old, has given intensive string instruction to hundreds of low-income children across three counties. Usiskin is a member of the Bayberry String Quartet as well as the Atlanta-based new music group ensemble vim. She has served on the faculty of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, through which she founded the chamber series Chamber Music @ AEIVA, as well as Birmingham-Southern College. Usiskin graduated from Columbia University cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Neuroscience and Behavior, The Juilliard School with a Master of Music, and Yale University with a Doctor of Musical Arts.
Sini Virtanen Cabaoğlu
Praised for her “expressive tone,” violinist Sini Virtanen Cabaoglu concertizes through Asia, Europe, and the United States. As a champion of new music, Virtanen is a co-founder/director of new music ensemble Strings and Hammers with pianist Eunmi Ko and double bassist Julia Keller. She was featured as a guest artist at the 2016 Madrid Contemporary Music Festival, Ossia, Eastman Virtuosi, Tyler Time! at the Union College, Weill Recital Hall, Eastman Hatch Recital Hall, and USF New Music Festival with her long-time collaborators Eunmi Ko and Julia Keller.
Virtanen earned her BM degree from Sibelius Academy, studying with Päivyt Meller. She received her MM and DMA degrees from Eastman School of Music under the guidance of Mikhail Kopelman. Virtanen resides and teaches in Finland as a lecturer of violin at Lahti Conservatory, and performs actively as a chamber musician. Virtanen can be heard on Centaur Records (Musical Landscapes of Hilary Tann) and Ravello Records (Strings & Hammers).
Calvin Falwell
Calvin is currently the 3rd/Bass Clarinet/Utility with the Sarasota Orchestra and is Assistant Professor of Clarinet at the University of South Florida. Festivals include Central City Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera and Killington Music Festival. Performances with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Memphis Symphony, Florida Orchestra and Ensemble NewSRQ. Calvin has presented classes at The Guildhall School of Music, Trinity Laban, University of Sheffield, University of North Texas, Boston University, Lynn Conservatory of Music, University of Miami, National Conservatory de Colombia and the European Clarinet Congress. Former appointments include the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Sarasota Opera and The College of New Jersey. Calvin is a Buffet Crampon, D’Addario Woodwind and BG Artist.
PAN Project
A global music project rooted in East Asian traditions, PAN Project (pan 판, Korean for ‘a place to gather’) brings music productions to the international stage that stretch across cultures and invites audiences into an exhilarating world of blended traditional and cutting edge music. Learn More
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