Adrienne Schoenfeld

Composer – Performer

Adrienne Schoenfeld is a composer and bassist based in New York City. Her work explores electronics, and is based upon collaboration and improvisational practices. Alongside members Leah Micheal Whalen and Jake Miles, she founded the experimental new music trio, kon.trip. She has created music for a number of dance collaborations with artists Weichen Cui, Lu Wang, Tshedzom, and Rafailia Bampasidou. In 2022, she participated in Ensemble Evolution led by International Contemporary Ensemble as a bass player and composer. Some of her recent bass performances include at the IRCAM Forum, with Noise Catalouge, and at the Interactive Perofmance Art Series.

In May 2023, she graduated with a Masters in Concert Composition from NYU Steinhardt. She wrote the song cycle, Wildfire, on the life and work of Mary Shelly for Cristina Gallo’s concert program Lost Narratives collaborating with librettist Demree Mcgee Her music has been performed by The Rhythm Method, Hypercube, BlackBox Ensemble, PUBLIQuartet, and SPLICE Ensemble, amongst others. From 2019-2021, she was the ensemble director for composer/performer group, Neither/Nor, directed by Richard Carrick. In 2021, She graduated from Berklee College of Music with a Bachelors in Composition.