I grew up on a pig farm in rural Ontario, Canada, and although my family appreciates music (and can boast some killer 3-part harmony/road trip singing skills), the idea of becoming a professional musician had never really occurred to me. A family move to a Toronto suburb altered that idea. Admittedly, I agreed to play […]
Elisabeth Stimpert found her tribe when she started playing in Musica Nova and Ossia at Eastman with the people who would become the founders of Alarm Will Sound. Between AWS performances, she teaches clarinet, chamber music, and aural skills at the University of Central Missouri, where she also co-directs the annual electroacoustic/experimental music festival MOXSonic. She holds degrees […]