Vicki Ray

Piano

Vicki Ray performs widely as soloist and collaborative artist. She is a member of the California EAR Unit, Xtet, and the Southwest Chamber Music Society. Recent concerts include featured appearances with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the German ensemble, Compania, and the Blue Rider Ensemble of Toronto. She has had works written for her by composers John Adams, Paul Dresher, Arthur Jarvinen and Donald Crockett, among others. Ms. Ray is a founding artist of PianoSpheres, created by Leonard Stein in 1993, which is a concert series devoted to less familiar repertory for piano solo. Her inaugural PianoSpheres 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." In 1989, Ms. Ray was the first place winner in the National Association of Composers USA competition for performers of contemporary music. She has been a member of the piano faculty at the California Institute of the Arts since 1991. Her recordings can be found on the New World, CRI and Mode labels.