Rebecca Moranis, flute
Tiffany Chang, violin
Thea Mesirow, cello
Joseph Vaz, piano
PROGRAM
Zhu Li Guan 竹里馆 (2026) (premiere) — Yike Zhang (b. 1993)
Piano Trio No. 2 (2026) (premiere) — Julian Bennett Holmes (b. 1991)
Three Flows in Quartet (2023) — Zhang
Seven phrases (2024) — Bennett Holmes
Rebecca Moranis is a flutist and music theorist pursuing her PhD in music theory at the CUNY Graduate Center. She is a member of Barbara Hannigan’s Equilibrium Young Artists, and is a professional ballerina with Opera Atelier in Toronto.
Originally from Arizona, Tiffany Chang began playing the violin at age three. Chamber festival appearances include Marlboro, Ravinia Steans, Perlman Music Program, and Norfolk Chamber Music Festival. She performs with Trio Rai, the New York Classical Players, Palaver Strings, the Knights, and Delirium Musicum. Chang received her B.M. and M.M. from the New England Conservatory, and is now a doctoral fellow at the CUNY Graduate Center.
Thea Mesirow is a cellist and composer. She is the cellist for Telos Consort, principal cellist of the ADCA Symphony Orchestra, and has played with Alarm Will Sound and Talea Ensemble. As a composer and artist Mesirow’s work explores women’s autonomy within community spaces. Her projects have been presented at PAC-NYC and the DiMenna Center, and supported by LMCC and UMEZ.
Pianist Joseph Vaz has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in North America and Europe, in venues from Carnegie Hall to Vienna’s Arnold Schönberg Center. Vaz is the 2025–27 piano fellow for Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect and is currently a D.M.A. candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center.
Yike Zhang (b. 1993 in Wuhan) is a composer active in New York and Toronto. From an early age, she was drawn to two worlds: Western classical music and Chinese Buddhism. Her music synthesizes these influences. Zhang was recently commissioned by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra NextGen Composer Program for the 2026–27 season.
Julian Bennett Holmes (b. 1991 in Brooklyn) is a composer, organist, harpsichordist, and percussionist. He is in charge of music here at St. Paul’s, and he teaches theory and analysis at the Mannes School of Music. Last year, he finally received his doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music.
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