Vanishing Point Ensemble
ABOUT
Bio//
Vanishing Point Ensemble is a contemporary classical chamber collective, based in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 2025, the group's aim is to amplify the voices of composers from the modern era, broaden access to musical experiences, and revitalize the role of chamber music in today's world.
A vanishing point may be used to draw attention to a specific point within a composition, and ultimately provides perspective and relativity between the objects in frame and their surrounding environment.
FOUNDING MEMBERS
DYLAN FELDPAUSCH
Violin//
Dylan Feldpausch is a violinist and composer from Austin, Texas with degrees in violin performance from Rice University and Arizona State University. They were a Chicago Civic Orchestra Fellow from 2021 to 2023, and they are currently the Program Manager and Head Teaching Artist for Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra’s Side-by-Side strings program in Matteson, Illinois. Whether they're teaching or performing, Dylan seeks to adapt musical convention to best serve whichever audience or community they're bringing their experience to. They are a founding member of Hot Second, a genre-bending violin and percussion duo based in Chicago, and are a core member of Ensemble Mycelium.
REBECCA MILLER
Viola//
Rebecca Miller is a violist with extensive experience across a variety of genres, both onstage and in the pit. She performs with a number of orchestras throughout the greater Midwest, including Northwest Indiana Symphony, Des Moines Metro Opera Orchestra, Orchestra Iowa, Camerata Chicago, Elgin Symphony, and Chicago Sinfonietta. Rebecca has been a top prizewinner at Glenn Gould School Chamber Music Competition with the Highwood Quartet. An enthusiastic advocate for contemporary music, she was part of a 2024 performance of Steven Takasugi’s Sideshow, and has premiered works by many young composers, most recently alongside cellist Anssi Kartunnen, violist Steven Dann, and composer Magnus Lindberg as part of Creative Dialogue France. She has taken part in Chicago’s NUNC Festival, Toronto’s 21C Festival, and enjoyed multiple seasons with the NEXT Festival of Emerging Artists. Rebecca holds degrees from Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, the Glenn Gould School, and the Boston Conservatory.
J HOLZEN
Cello//
Cellist and educator J Holzen is in constant pursuit of musical collaborations of all kinds, including contemporary chamber music, pop and jazz shows, and working with students to achieve their artistic goals. Their enthusiasm and sincerity as an artist and performer encourages audience members and students alike to join J on their artistic journey or begin their own. J is a current Fellow with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and a member of Orchestra Iowa and the Sioux City Symphony. Engagements as an educator include serving as a Teaching Associate in Music at Lake Forest College, teaching early childhood music classes through outreach teaching programs in the Chicago Public Schools, and maintaining a private cello studio. J grew up in a musical family in St. Louis, Missouri, and holds a Master of Music in Cello Performance from DePaul University and a Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance from Oberlin Conservatory. Their primary teachers include Brant Taylor, Darrett Adkins, and Ken Kulosa.
UPCOMING DATES
Thursday, October 30, 6:00pm // Harold Washington Library Center
400 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605
(2025 Ear Taxi Festival Accent Concert)
Admission: Free
Works for string trio by Hailstork, Saariaho, and Norman
Monday, November 3, 8:00pm // The CheckOut
4116 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60613
Works for string trio by Hailstork, Saariaho, and Norman
CONTACT
Email //
vanishingpointensemble [@] gmail.com