Energetic, hardworking and enigmatic, Erin Huelskamp composes dramatic and comical music that often reflects a philosophical twist on her daily experiences.  Co-founder and executive director of the Juventas New Music Ensemble, Ms. Huelskamp voraciously promotes new music – especially by amazing unknown composers – and she strives to draw ever new audiences to the burgeoning sounds of the 21st century.  Marked by Chamber Music Today as “the only realistic response” to the “the state of affairs in this country,” Ms. Huelskamp combines entrepreneurship and music to motivate change. 

Trained as a classical dancer for 16 years, Ms. Huelskamp began composing at the age of ten with no musical training.  In 2000 she began studies in composition and flute at the University of Missouri-Columbia where she earned a Bachelor of Music in both composition and flute performance; she studied composition with Thomas McKenney and Stefan Freund and flute with Steven Geibel.  In 2007, Ms. Huelskamp completed a Master of Music in Composition from the Boston Conservatory, where she studied with Andy Vores, Dana Brayton, and later Ken Ueno.

Ms. Huelskamp’s compositions elicit numerous awards and performances. Recent accolades include the Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Prize for The Elements, a piece for flute, violin, and violoncello, and special recognition from the New York Youth Symphony First Music 23 for Contravention for chamber orchestra. Simone Fontenelli chose meditation for flute and loop pedal for performance in the Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music at the Bowdoin International Music Festival.  When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer for a cappella choir was selected for performance by the Society of Composers, Inc. Region VI Conference in 2007 and the European American Musical Alliance in 2006. In 2004, Ms. Huelskamp was awarded third place at the Music Teachers National Association Student Composition Competition for Trials of Tubilation for tuba ensemble. 

Ms. Huelskamp has had the privilege of performances both nationally and internationally, including such venues as L’Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, France, Studzinski Recital Hall at Bowdoin College in Maine, the Interlochen Acadamy of the Arts in Michigan, Bard University in New York, the University of Missouri-Columbia, Harvard University, and many more. Currently, she resides in Boston, Massachusetts. www.ErinHuelskamp.com

Lidiya Yankovskaya, Music Director
Avlana Eisenberg, Associate Conductor
Matt Sharrock, Assistant Conductor
Meghan Guidry, Grants Director
Christie Lee Gibson, Communication & Marketing Director
Julia Scott Carey, Events Director
Marguerite Levin, General Manager
Mark David Buckles, Music Director Emeritus

Steven Lewis, President
Kenny Smith, Treasurer
Paul A. Bohn, Clerk
Kristen Battistelli
Oliver Caplan
John Carey
Daniel Koppel
Jason Pavel
Daniel Schwartz