Born in Arizona, Elizabeth Lim-Dutton began studying the violin at the age of three; at 11, she started studying with Dorothy DeLay at the Aspen Music School. Three years later, she moved to New York City, where she studied at the Professional Children's School and subsequently earned a bachelor's degree from The Juilliard School and a master's degree from the Yale School of Music. She has performed extensively in the United States, Europe, the Far East, and Australia. For the past 16 years--along with her husband, violist Lawrence Dutton--Ms. Lim-Dutton performs regularly for the Mary and Jim Hoch Chamber Music Series in Bronxville, New York. Established as an outreach program for Concordia Conservatory at Concordia College-New York, the Hoch Series has commissioned new works, involves the community across all ages from youth to seniors, and offers endowed scholarships for music students who cannot otherwise afford musical studies. A member of Steve Reich and Musicians and the Steve Reich Ensemble since 1992, Ms. Lim-Dutton has recorded The Cave, City Life, Three Tales, Daniel Variations, and Music for 18 Musicians on the Nonesuch label, the latter winning a Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Small Ensemble in 1998.

Todd Reynolds has been a member of Steve Reich and Musicians since beginning work on The Cave in 1990, both as violinist and as an occasional conductor. His first tour with the ensemble followed later that year, performing Different Trains. Known as a relentless commissioner of new music and a composer and electronic musician himself, he is an integral part of New York's celebrated fabric of musical innovation, passion, and education. An early member of Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble, founding member of ETHEL, violinist for Bang on a Can, and with his own string quartet a collaborator with Meredith Monk, Mr. Reynolds currently serves on the faculty of both the Mannes and Manhattan schools of music, as well as Bang on a Can's Summer Festival. In 2011, he released a solo double CD, Outerborough, on Innova Recordings to critical acclaim; Inside (one disc of the set) features his own work, and Outside (the second disc) celebrates the work of New York luminaries, written for the record and all produced in the recording studio that is his home.

Lois Martin began her viola studies with Arthur Lewis at Peabody Preparatory. She completed her undergraduate work at the Eastman School of Music, where she was a scholarship student of Francis Tursi. During that time, she was a member of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. She continued her graduate studies at The Juilliard School under the tutelage of Lillian Fuchs. Ms. Martin is a founding member of the Atlantic String Quartet, which is dedicated to the performance of newly written compositions. Her continuing commitment to contemporary music includes performances with the Group for Contemporary Music, ISCM Chamber Players, Ensemble Sospeso, Ensemble 21, New York New Music Ensemble, Speculum Musicae, Da Capo Chamber Players, and Steve Reich and Musicians. On the jazz and popular circuit, she has performed with artists who include Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Chris Potter, Ornette Coleman, Esperanza Spalding, Stringfever, Shirley Bassey, Elton John, Paul Simon, Tyne Daly, Gil Goldstein, Don Alias, Richard Bona, Mike Mainieri, Judy Collins, and Roberta Flack. Ms. Martin is currently principal violist of the Stamford Symphony, Amici New York, and Little Orchestra Society. She is a member of the Orchestra of St. Luke's and the American Chamber Ensemble, in addition to frequently appearing with the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra and New York City Ballet Orchestra. She is also on the faculty of the Composers Conference at Wellesley College and has taught at Princeton University. 

Cellist Jeanne LeBlanc has appeared as soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States, Europe, China, Korea, and Japan. As principal cellist, she has played with the Cologne Chamber Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Orquesta Filarmónica de las Américas, and American Symphony Orchestra. In addition to being a member of Steve Reich and Musicians since 1988, Ms. LeBlanc has performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Group for Contemporary Music, New York Chamber Soloists, New York City Opera, and New York City Ballet. She has recorded for Columbia Records (Masterworks), CRI, Nonesuch, and London Records (Argo). As a studio musician in New York City, Ms. LeBlanc has recorded soundtracks for more than 150 feature films. She has also performed and recorded with many artists, including Tony Bennett, Barbra Streisand, Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Aretha Franklin, Sting, Elton John, and Elvis Costello.

Michael Brown earned a 2015 Avery Fisher Career Grant. Selected by Sir András Schiff for his Building Bridges series in 2016-2017, Mr. Brown will make debut solo recitals in Berlin, Florence, Milan, Frankfurt, Antwerp, Zurich, and at New York's 92nd Street Y. Recent highlights include debuts with the Seattle, North Carolina, and New York Youth symphonies; and Flagstaff and Maryland symphony orchestras. Mr. Brown joined the roster of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's CMS Two program in 2015. He regularly performs concerto and solo recitals, and as part of a trio with violinist Elena Urioste and cellist Nicholas Canellakis. Recent commissions of his own compositions include a Piano Concerto for the Maryland Symphony Orchestra and works for the Look & Listen Festival, Bargemusic, Concert Artists Guild, and Lincoln Center's Great Performers. A native New Yorker, Mr. Brown earned dual bachelor's and master's degrees from The Juilliard School, where he studied with pianists Jerome Lowenthal and Robert McDonald, and composers Samuel Adler and Robert Beaser. He won first prize at the 2010 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition and is now a Steinway Artist. For additional information, visit michaelbrownmusic.com.