NMC | Who We Are | Collaborating Artists
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Nathan Koci - Co Founder, Co Artistic Director
Nathan Koci is a versatile musician and self-taught arts administrator living in Charleston, South Carolina. He helped to found and now directs the New Music Collective in Charleston, and maintains a freelance performing career in Charleston, as well as New York and Europe. He has performed and worked with the Bang on a Can All-Stars, TACTUS, and Yes is a World in New York City, and has also performed with Ensemble Modern in Europe. In Charleston, he can be seen performing with Cabaret Kiki, Bill Carson, Kopaja, Havanason, Garage Cuban Band, PURE Theatre and the New Music Collective.
www.nathankoci.com |
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Ron Wiltrout - Co founder, Co Artistic Director
Ron Wiltrout is a professional percussionist in Charleston, South Carolina. He performs regularly in the regional Southeast with ensembles ranging from jazz to free improvisation to avant-garde classical music to professional stage shows and recording sessions. An avid performer of new music, he has premiered pieces by Ted Hearne, Ray Evanoff, Philip White, Sam Sfirri, and Nathan Koci in the recent past. Mr. Wiltrout is devoted to exploring the many sonic possibilities of percussion, with particular emphasis on the drum kit as a multi-faceted, highly expressive instrument. He has performed and worked with Robert Lewis and Fearless Jones, Tommy Gill, Bert Ligon, Lee Barbour, Brad Moranz, Havanason, Duda Lucena, Kopaja, Your Bad Self, Brazil, the Rudy Waltz, and the New Music Collective.
www.ronwiltrout.com |
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Philip White - Co Founder, Advisor
A native of South Carolina, Philip came to experimental electronic music after studying more traditional composition and jazz. Currently his work is based around a non-linear feedback system consisting of a mixer and several homemade objects upon which he improvises solo and in various ensembles.
In addition to his work with analog electronics White has written prolifically for chamber ensembles and created a large body of intermedia pieces - including music, film, installations, interactive and web-based works —examining power structures and meaning in information transmission.
In 2008, Philip received his MFA from Mills College where he studied with Chris Brown, Hilda Parades and James Fei. His works have been shown in galleries across the US and in Germany. He currently performs with Suzanne Thorpe (thenumber46), Chuck Johnson (with chuck johnson with philip white) and Charity Chan (Cat on a Wire). Recent performances include The Stone (NYC), Sonic Circuits (DC), Redux New Media Festival (Charleston, SC) and Neurotitan (Berlin). Thenumber46’s forthcoming debut is being released in cassette format on Tape Drift Records. Philip also writes about music, contributing to the Wire magazine and SEAMUS Journal.
www.prwhite.net |
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Jessie Bower - Advisor
Jessie was raised by ghosts as a child in Alabama. After graduating from the College of Charleston with a degree in arts management and printmaking, Jessie has busied herself with careers in arts management, screen printing and baking. While not a composer/musician by trade, Jessie is real quick to jump on nerdy “office work” and/or handle the printing of our t-shirts. |
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Bill Carson - Advisor
Bill Carson is a singer, guitarist, and composer with a devoted interest in traditional and experimental music. In addition to his work as a songwriter and bandleader, he has written for theatre, film, and dance, and was a founding member of the cabaret/theatre group Kiki. He also performs and records as an accompanist with a great diversity of talented people including Your Bad Self, Michael Trent Robinson, The Hagood Sisters, and Lindsay Holler's Western Polaroids.
www.billcarson.biz |
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Sam Sfirri - Advisor
Sam Sfirri is a composer and pianist from New Hope, Pennsylvania. He currently resides in Charleston, South Carolina where he keeps a busy schedule composing and performing music. He has been an active member of the New Music Collective since February of 2006.
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