performer

pc: Peter Gannushkin

pc: Peter Gannushkin

SELECTED production credits

the Awakening Orchestra - volume ii: to call her to a higher plain. (2020, Biophilia), interlude: Atticus Live! - the music of Jesse Lewis. (2016, Biophilia), volume i: this is not the answer. (2014, innova)
Felipe Salles Interconnections Ensemble - Home Is Here (2023, Tapestry), The New Immigrant Experience (2020, Tapestry), The Lullaby Project (2018, Tapestry)
Pablo Masis - Thought and Memory (2023, Brooklyn Jazz Underground)
the Vermont Quarantine Collective - here behind the glass. (2020)
Patrick CorneliusWhile We're Still Young (2016, Whirlwind)

Kyle is the artistic director and conductor of the Awakening Orchestra and performs on acoustic and electric basses and baritone saxophone. His creative work is centered on composer-driven projects that integrate improvisation, orchestration, and interdisciplinary collaboration, with a particular focus on hybrid and genre-expansive forms. He has premiered works by Eve Beglarian and Erik Nielsen and has appeared with ensembles and artists including Moppa Elliott’s Acceleration Due to Gravity, Brian Boyes’ Saturn People’s Sound Collective, Myra Flynn, Kat Wright, Francesca Blanchard, Andy Gagnon’s LOVECRAFT, TURNmusic, and Cricket Blue. His collaborative practice includes work with the dance ensembles soft rocks and ERGO Movement. He is regularly invited to serve as a clinician and guest conductor throughout New England.


principal instruments

acoustic & electric bass
baritone saxophone

doubles & other performance credits

tenor saxophone
soprano saxophone
alto saxophone
flute
clarinet
bass clarinet
studio conductor
percussion
backing vocals
guitar
piano
organ