Pianist

A musician who enjoys performing music of our time, pianist Bridget Convey has found much fulfillment in collaborating with living composers. She has been fortunate to work with composers such as Morton Subotnick, Mel Powell, James Tenney, Daniel Sonenberg, Vineet Shende, Elliott Schwartz, John Newell, and many others.

As a soloist and ensemble musician, Bridget has been heard at venues such as Lincoln Center (NYC); Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (Los Angeles, CA); Ojai Music Festival (CA); Maybeck Performing Arts Studio (Berkeley, CA); Percussive Arts Society International Convention (Columbus, OH); among many others. She received her Diploma from Mannes College of Music, NYC (Pre-college Division) 1989; BFA from State University of New York at Purchase 1993; and MFA from the California Institute of the Arts 1997.

Bridget performs regularly with the VentiCordi Chamber Ensemble; Maine Music Society; and is co-founder/director of the Resinosa Ensemble, with Joëlle Morris (mezzo-soprano) and Eliza Meyer (cello). She can be heard on Navona, Cuneiform, Independent and Nataraja labels. Bridget serves as adjunct piano faculty at Bates College, Bay Chamber Music School and has a private piano studio in Central Maine.

Founder & Director

Sarah Tuttle is an inquisitive classical singer committed to authentic connection and generous storytelling. Beginning her musical study as a pianist with a deep interest in music theory, the intimacy and individuality of human voices lead her to pursue degrees in music and later a career in performance that took her overseas.

From Wagner roles to contemporary opera, chamber music to art song, world premieres to masterworks of the past, performances have been praised for their "fine balance of energy and introspection." (The Wall Street Journal)

Committed to contemporary vocal music and collaboration with composers, Sarah is delighted to have participated in the creation of new works. She gave the world premiere performances of John Harbison's Seven Poems of Lorine Niedecker and Avner Dorman’s Letters from Gettysburg, a work commissioned for the 150th anniversary of the Civil War battle. Shortly after the pandemic lockdown began in 2020, Sarah collaborated with award-winning composer Ed Nesbit and ethnomusicologist Thomas Hodgson on Aenigmata, a project featuring musical settings of riddles penned by St Aldhelm, a 7th-Century saint and scholar.

Sarah holds a Masters degree from the Bard Graduate Vocal Arts Program at Bard College, and a Bachelors degree from the Sunderman Conservatory of Music at Gettysburg College. She is also proud to have spent two summers as a Vocal Fellow with the Tanglewood Music Center, from whom she received the Grace B. Jackson Prize for Excellence in the summer of 2015. She makes her home in the West End neighborhood of Portland, Maine.

Composer in Residence

Translating everyday life into music is at the heart of Erica’s whimsical and playful works. Inspired by the natural world, a childhood spent dreaming of becoming a ballerina, and studies of 20th-century American avant-garde music, Erica is equally at home writing lyrical melodies that sweep across an orchestra and collaborating with animators and circus dancers. With an affinity for layered complexity, Erica’s music portrays clouds building up on the horizon as a summer thunderstorm approaches or the busy sounds of passengers in a subway station.

Ball’s music has been performed by numerous ensembles including the Da Capo Chamber Players, the Daedalus Quartet, pianist Blair McMillen, Network for New Music, and the American Symphony Orchestra. Her works have been heard across the country in Chicago, Boston, New York and Philadelphia, and internationally in Germany and New Zealand. Recent commissions include Riding the EL and The Spotted Lanternfly for Relâche, Woodland Preludes for solo piano which was commissioned by a consortium of pianists, and of course songs for Songs From Here. In addition to her work as a composer, Erica remains active as a violinist, pianist, and educator with a special interest in bringing contemporary music to new audiences.

Erica received her PhD in music composition from the University of Pennsylvania where she studied with Anna Weesner, the late Jim Primosch, and Jay Reise. Other institutions of music learning that hold significance in Erica’s life include Bard College and the incredible Joan Tower, The Walden School’s Young Musicians Program, and Greenwood Music Camp. Erica resides in Portland, Maine with her cats, Presto and Allegro, and maintains an active teaching studio.