Apply triangle is a NYC-based electroacoustic trio that engages with technology in order to create performances that evolve and expand the repertoire of contemporary classical music. Apply Triangle uses an open-door policy for collaborations, inviting composers to their rehearsals in order to become intimately acquainted with compositions written specifically for them and to engage the composers in the rehearsal and performance process of new works. Apply Triangle is dedicated to commissioning and performing works by emerging composers whose work addresses the contemporary political, social, and environmental issues we face as a society today.

Apply Triangle made their international debut at the SinusTon Electronic Music Festival in Magdeburg, Germany this past October, performing three world premieres by NYC-based composers James Diaz, Alex Held, and Pranav Datla, along with standard electroacoustic solos from the repertoire. They brought their program “New York Counterpoint” to music conservatories in Dresden, Weimar, and Leipzig and engaged students in creative dialogues about technology and contemporary music in several workshop performances.

Other engagements include performances at the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Sound Collective fall recital series, a world premiere by Yaz Lancaster at NYU’s Pulsing and Shaking Macro Festival in February, and multiple performances at Manhattan School of Music.

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Yoshi WEinberg - flutes

Yoshi Weinberg, a New York based flutist/harpist/composer, has performed on the stages of the Fitzgerald Theater, the Ordway Center, Orchestra Hall (Minneapolis, MN), Gesellschaftshaus (Magdeburg, Germany), Conservatory Darius Milhaud (Aix-en-Provence, France), Duomo di Pavia (Pavia, Italy), Palau de la Musica (Valencia, Spain), among others. They currently perform with Apply Triangle, InfraSound, KnoxTrio, and served as Artistic Director of RenegadeEnsemble for the 2017-2018 season. Yoshi was a participant in the 2018 Ensemble Evolution residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts, where they worked and performed with members of the International Contemporary Ensemble. They were 1st Prizewinner of the 2015 Schubert Club Competition, and in summer 2017 was a featured harpist/composer at the American Harp Society's Summer Institute. Yoshi graduated with a B.M. in Music Performance from Saint Olaf College in 2015, and a M.M. degree in Contemporary Music Performance at the Manhattan School of Music in 2020.

Tyler Neidermayer - Clarinets

Electroacoustic composer/performer Tyler Neidermayer aims to push the boundaries of the clarinet and bass clarinet to new extremes through the exploration of extended techniques, improvisation, and electronic synthesis. Dedicated to consistently presenting new works for clarinet, bass clarinet, and live electronics, Tyler collaborates with emerging composers to discuss the capabilities of his instruments while realizing new musical ideas. He has been a featured performer at the Interference Series in Flagstaff, AZ, the 2017 Oh My Ears! New Music Festival in Phoenix, AZ, and the Nief-Norf Summer Music Festival in Knoxville, TN.

Tyler is currently pursuing a M.M. in Contemporary Performance from Manhattan School of Music, studying with Michael Lowenstern and David Krakauer. He holds a B.M. in Music Performance from Northern Arizona University where he studied clarinet with Cris Inguanti and composition with Bruce Reiprich.

Jixue yang - piano

Jixue Yang (b. 1993) is originally from Fuzhou, China. She moved to Boston, MA for high school where she attended the Walnut Hill School for the Arts and was chosen to perform in masterclasses for Anna Malikova. She was awarded first prize in the professional senior division in the Asian Kawai Competition and received third prize in the 9th Chinese Golden Bell Award. In 2018, she was awarded first prize in the New York Piano Festival & Competition. Jixue has given performances in New York, Boston, Beijing, Zhangzhou, and Fuzhou. Studying with Solomon Mikowsky, Jixue holds a BM in Piano Performance from Manhattan School of Music. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Contemporary Performance from MSM, studying with Margaret Kampmeier. Her past teachers include Hung Kuan Chen, Inesa Sinkevych, and Phillip Kawin. Jixue is the pianist for Tactus, Manhattan Experimental Ensemble, Ensemble Blackbox, and Apply Triangle. She is currently based in New York City.

Photography of Apply Triangle by Jack Langdon