Eleonore Oppenheim is a genre surfing musical polyglot. Her current projects include big dog little dog (a duo with composer/violinist Jessie Montgomery), an acoustic trio with art-pop auteur Glasser and multi-instrumentalist Robbie Lee, and the avant folk-jazz supergroup the Hands Free (with James Moore, Caroline Shaw, and Nathan Koci), among others. Eleonore has an exciting repertoire of commissioned solo pieces and has also worked with established composers including Philip Glass, Steve Reich, and Meredith Monk, in composer-led ensembles like Missy Mazzoli’s “all-star, all female” bandsemble Victoire and Florent Ghys’ low strings and drums powerhouse Bonjour, with the Bang on a Can All-Stars, and with many other artists from the indie rock, jazz, and folk worlds. In addition to writing and arranging music, she has established herself as a go-to chamber musician, soloist, recording artist, and large ensemble player. Eleonore enjoys working in opera and the theater as well and premiered and performed in Daniel Fish’s TONY winning reimagining of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” and most recently, the TONY winning musical “Illinoise” choreographed and directed by Justin Peck and a chamber version of “the Marriage of Figaro” starring Anthony Roth Costanzo in all of the lead roles at Little Island. Also a music educator, she currently runs a new music program for teens called Face the Music at the Kaufman Music Center, directs two ensembles, and is also an administrator at Special Music High School. She is an alumna of the Juilliard School, the Yale School of Music, and Stony Brook University.