New World

Thomas Howell (piccolo), James Fulkerson (bass trombone), Thomas Fredrickson (double bass), Barbara Dalheim (voice), Jack Logan (trumpet), Linda Vickerman, Elinor Barron, Philip Larson (vocals)

New Music Choral Ensemble, Walden String Quartet, Kenneth Gaburo

Juilliard Wind Ensemble, American Brass Quintet, Mark Gould

Cristina Mantese (soprano), Julie Mellor (mezzo), Elisabetta Bocchese (piano)

Paul Klee String Quartet, A Cappella Ensemble Lübeck, Hartmut Bethke

Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose

The Core Ensemble

Jimmy Rushin (vocals), Buck Clayton (trumpet), Dickie Wells (trombone), Julian Dash (tenor saxophone), Sir Charles Thompson (piano), Jo Jones (drums), Gene Ramey (bass)

Joan La Barbara (voice, percussion, computer, electronic keyboard, synthesizer), Polly Tapia Ferber (hand drums, tar, dumbek), Erika Duke Kirkpatrick (cello), Kristina Melcher (gamelan), Gaylord Mowrey (bowed piano), Tao Chen (dizi), Si-Si Chen (yangqi and percussion), Bao-Li Zhang (erhu)

Michael Boriskin (piano)

Nick Didkovsky (electric guitar, laptop), Thomas Dimuzio (sampling, live sampling, and processing)

ARTE Quartett: Beat Hofstetter (soprano and baritone saxophone), Sascha Armbruste (alto and baritone saxophone), Andrea Formenti (tenor saxophone), Beat Kappeler (baritone saxophone)

The New Music Consort