2025 Seed Money Grant Recipient, Khemia Ensemble, will be presenting a Southern Utah University Signature concert series on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. in the Okerlund Concert Hall of the Eccles Music Center. 

The program will include works by:

• Niloufar Nourbaksh: “the mother in me asks” from Darkness of the Womb
• Lynn Bechtold: Duo Die
• Whitney George: Chasing Light (selected movements) 
• Chen Yi: Memory

Friday, October 16th, 2026 at 7:30 PM

Okerlund Concert Hall of the Eccles Music Center

300 W University Blvd, Cedar City, UT 84720

Recognized as “bold, visionary, and courageous” standing as “a shining example of the transformative power of chamber music” (Chamber Music America CEO), Khemia Ensemble embraces broad perspectives in contemporary classical music. With its dynamic instrumentation (soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and two percussion), Khemia’s unique sound world encompasses the presentation of new classical music with a mix of acoustic chamber works, multimedia, and multi-genre influences.

Khemia has been featured in venues and festivals including National Sawdust, the Wunsch New Music Festival, Mizzou International Composers Festival, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and Argentina’s Biennial New Music Festival. Passionate artist educators, Khemia has held residencies at more than a dozen universities in North and South America. The ensemble’s eight members also hold faculty positions at academic and arts institutions across the U.S. including University of Georgia, Florida State University, University of Missouri, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Utah Valley University, and the Moab Music Festival.

Khemia Ensemble is Amy Petrongelli (soprano), Mary Matthews (flute), Mark Cramer (guest clarinet), Francesca Anderegg (violin), Eli Lara (cello), Annie Jeng (piano), Shane Jones (percussion), & Chelsea Tinsler Jones (percussion).

This recital is sponsored by the NYWC Seed Money Grant.