administration

​Alexandra Porter | Artistic Director, Founder
Alexandra Porter founded CUSP in January of 2015 after spending the past few summers learning about and performing new music.  She has spent every summer since 2012 as a vocalist at New Music on the Point, and this year will also present ideas about building your own business and creating opportunities within the new music world.  In 2014, she traveled to Cortona, Italy to sing with the Cortona Sessions for New Music.  Ms. Porter regularly plans and programs recitals incorporating contemporary compositions by her colleagues alongside standard art song repertoire.

​Cory Klose | Media & Design
New Jersey native CORY KLOSE is an avid performer of both choral and solo repertoire. He is on the roster of many professional ensembles including Grammy Award-winning Conspirare, Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Skylark Ensemble, Bach Collegium San Diego, The Crossing, Apollo Master Chorale, Tucson Chamber Artists, and Kinnara Ensemble. Cory has also recorded with Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble on the Grammy Award-winning record, “Songs of Ascension.” Highlights of Cory’s solo performances include Bach’s Magnificat, Mozart’s Requiem and Coronation Mass in C,  Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs, Handel’s Messiah and Saul, and Faure’s Requiem. Cory received his B.Mus. in Voice Performance from Montclair State University.