Staff
ICE employs a full-time staff of four, each of whom brings a different and complementary background in the performing arts. This lean administrative team is highly collaborative, with marketing, outreach, fundraising, and artistic programming functions shared, and major strategic decisions reached through conversation and engagement with the ICE musicians. The result of this model is a structure that encourages risk-taking and innovation, channeling individual energies and ideas into a collective mission.
Claire Chase, flute, Executive Director
Claire Chase is active as a soloist, collaborative artist, curator and arts entrepreneur. Over the past decade Claire has given the world premieres of more than 100 new works for solo flute, many of them tailor-made for her, and she has produced and curated more than 500 concerts of contemporary music. First Prize Winner of the 2008 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, Claire has given solo recitals recently at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, and throughout the US. Claire released her debut solo album in October 2009 on the New Focus Recordings label featuring world premieres by emerging composers, which was named one of the Top Ten Releases of the Year by TimeOut Chicago
Joshua Rubin, clarinet, Program Director
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Joshua Rubin is a founding clarinetist and the Program Director of ICE (International Contemporary Ensemble), described by The New Yorker as “A powerhouse of new-music programming on a Chicago-New York axis…brilliant and unexpected”. He participated in ICE's debut concerts at New York's Alice Tully Hall in 2001 and at the Miller Theatre of Columbia University in 2003.
Rose Bellini, Director of Development
As Director of Development for ICE, Rose Bellini brings years of experience as an ambitious and resourceful fundraiser, as well as a passion for the advocacy of contemporary music. Rose holds a Doctor of Music degree in Cello Performance from Indiana University, and is also a board member of the Switchboard Music Festival in San Francisco, CA.
Eric Hoff, Operations Manager
Eric Hoff serves as ICE's Operations Manager. He brings to the team a decade of experience in finance, operations, strategic planning, and organizational management. Eric's background is in community organizing and social justice. He is a theatre director, working in both New York and Chicago.
Robert Gonyo, Production Manager
Robert A. K. Gonyo is a theatre artist, musician, and Production Manager of the International Contemporary Ensemble. He produces and narrates ICE's podcast, the ICEcast, and you can find him at the group's shows stage managing and photographing.
