Vicki Ray, piano

Currently: member of the California EAR Unit, Xtet, and Southwest Chamber Music Society; piano faculty at California Institute of the Arts since 1991.

Recent appearances: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the German ensemble Compania and Blue Rider Ensemble of Toronto

Composers writing for her: Donald Crockett, John Adams, Paul Dresher and Arthur Jarvinen

Press: founding artist of PianoSpheres. Her recital in January, 1994 was hailed by Daniel Cariaga of the Los Angeles Times for displaying “that kind of musical thoroughness and technical panache that puts a composer’s thought directly before the listener.”

Awards: First place winner in the 1989 National Association of Composers USA competition for contemporary music performers

On disc: New World, CRI and Mode labels.