Alice Teyssier

“An arresting soprano, in all senses” (Los Angeles Times), Brooklyn-based Alice Teyssier has appeared as a soloist with the San Diego Symphony, International Contemporary Ensemble, Talea Ensemble, San Francisco New Music Players, Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, the 21st Century Consort, Bourbon Baroque, and Bach Collegium San Diego, among others, and is also a regular performer on Los Angeles’ renowned Monday Evening Concerts series. A core ensemble member of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), Teyssier performs frequently with Peter Evans and his ensembles SYMPHONY and Being & Becoming, the quartet Trinket, and The Atelier. This season, she appears at the Museum of Modern Art, Symphony Space, Tenri Cultural Institute, the Museum of the City of New York, Bohemian National Hall, the Century Club, Miller Theatre at Columbia University, Roulette Intermedium, and Pioneer Works, among other New York City venues. She will premiere new works by Iceberg New Music composers Camila Agosto, Joshua Biggs, Rick Burkhardt, Modney, David Sanford, Nina Young, and Jue Wang, and will also present and record her own compositions. Since 2018, much of her creative life has been shaped by her role as a mother; through her Thresholds project, she composes, devises, and collaborates around themes of life transitions. In 2021, Teyssier co-founded MATRICALIS, a project and community hub reflecting on the impact of motherhood on individual musicians through resources, open forums, and advocacy. She holds degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music (B.M., M.M.), the Conservatoire de Strasbourg (Specialization Diploma), and the University of California, San Diego (D.M.A.), and serves as Clinical Associate Professor of Performance in the Music Department at New York University.