Alice Teyssier, Flutist, Vocalist, Sound Artist

Flutist and vocalist Alice Teyssier brings “something new, something fresh, but also something uncommonly beautiful” to her performances. She has appeared as a soloist with the San Diego Symphony, the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Bach Collegium San Diego, Talea Ensemble, La Jolla Symphony, Ensemble Echappé, Cantata Profana, International Contemporary Ensemble and is regularly featured on Los Angeles’ renowned Monday Evening Concerts series. A uniquely gifted advocate for new music, Alice has given residencies for composers and performers of new music at such universities as Harvard, Brown, Stanford, Huddersfield, Oberlin and University of Michigan. She has premiered dozens of works and appeared at the Ojai, Mostly Mozart, June in Buffalo, Resonant Bodies and Huddersfield Contemporary Music festivals. Equally devoted to historically-informed and technically sound performances of early music, she performs regularly with Baroque ensembles around the country and is co-founder of the chamber ensemble La Perla Bizzarra. Born in Australia, Alice has lived in France, the United States and Germany and enjoys an international performance schedule as a professional flutist as well as a singer, with more recent experiments in her own sound art and composition. She holds degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music (B.M., M.M.), the Conservatoire de Strasbourg (Specialization Diploma) and the University of California-San Diego (D.M.A.). Alice is a core member of the International Contemporary Ensemble and founding member of the interdisciplinary troupe The Atelier, and serves as Assistant Professor of Performance in the Music Department at New York University. She lives in Brooklyn, NY, with her husband Bradley and their son Lucien. http://www.aliceteyssier.com/