Praised for her “ceaseless musicianship” (BBC Music Magazine) and “impressively passionate performances” (The Strad), cellist Jennifer Kloetzel has performed as soloist and chamber musician at Lincoln Center, the Ravinia Festival, and San Francisco Performances. Her international credits include Harpa Concert Hall (Reykjavik), Izumi Hall (Osaka), and the Eroica-Saal (Vienna). Jennifer’s engaging programs offer audiences a surprising mix of repertoire by Shostakovich, Mel Bonis, Frank Bridge, John Williams,  and Philippe Hersant. She has premiered over 80 solo and chamber works, including 5 concerti written specifically for her.

Fascinated with performance projects that create community, Jennifer’s recent Mission: Bach—The Road to Inspiration tour included over 55 appearances so far at all 21 California Missions, performing the Bach Cello Suites and commissioned companion pieces. These concerts with conversation explore local history and musical connections across centuries. Her Inspired by America project brought a multi-media collaboration to large concert halls, exploring what it means to be an American through live chamber music combined with film.

Jennifer’s “Beethoven: The Conquering Hero,” (the complete works for cello and piano with Robert Koenig) was chosen as “Recording of the Month” by BBC Music Magazine in March 2022. Other highlights include recording  Elena Ruehr’s Cello Concerto “Cloud Atlas” with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, as well as the entire cycle of Beethoven Quartets and Brahms Sextets. Jennifer has been featured regularly in both concerto and chamber performances on National Public Radio’s “Performance Today.” Among her 36 CDs, many have been broadcast on radio stations in South Africa, Romania, Brazil, Germany, and Australia.

A Fulbright scholar, Jennifer holds two degrees from The Juilliard School, winning the institution’s top award at graduation. A founding member of the Cypress String Quartet, she now performs with QuartetES and Bow & Mallet, a jazz quintet. Jennifer serves as Professor and Head of the String and Performance Areas at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and she regularly offers master classes and workshops along with her mainstage performances.

Acclaimed by the San Francisco Chronicle for her “fervid but impeccably controlled” performances, pianist Allegra Chapman is driven by her passion for connecting audiences with historically overlooked and living composers. With a wide-ranging repertoire of music from Bach to Ligeti, she maintains a busy concert schedule as soloist and chamber musician. Allegra is currently a member of Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, and the Chordless duo with soprano Sara LeMesh. She has performed internationally at venues including Cal Performances, Alice Tully Hall, San Francisco Jazz Center, and Xi’an Concert Hall. In 2023, her duo Chordless won First Prize in the Federation of the Art Song Fellowship Competition in New York. From 2020-2023, Allegra was the pianist of the Delphi Trio with violinist Liana Bérubé and cellist Tanya Tomkins. With Delphi and the San Jose Chamber Orchestra, Allegra premiered Grammy-nominated composer Clarice Assad’s triple concerto, A Tale of Mermaids. From 2017-2020, Allegra was the founding co-artistic director and executive director of the critically acclaimed festival Bard Music West, a San Francisco-based branch of the Bard Music Festival that explored the worlds of composers from the past 100 years. Allegra is a graduate of the Bard Conservatory of Music and The Juilliard School. She is on faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s Pre-College division and makes her home in San Francisco with her husband, rescue dog, and over 1000 books.