Sopp

During a concert at Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2008 for which indie rock sensation The National had hired violinist/guitarist Rob Moose, trumpeter/French horn player CJ Camerieri, and clarinetist Hideaki Aomori as backing musicians, Moose noticed a lack of musical intimacy. yMusic, left to right: Hideaki Aomori, Clarice Jensen, CJ Camerieri, Rob Moose, Alex Sopp, Nadia Sirota; photo by Ilya Nikhamin.

Daniel J. Kushner: Beautiful Mechanical: yMusic, The Ready-Made Collaborators Daniel J. Kushner 2011

Kushner: Throughout the Ecstatic Music Festival, women have played a prominent role, from composers such as Missy Mazzoli, Merrill Garbus, Olga Bell and yourself to performers like cellist Clarice Jensen, flutist Alex Sopp, violist Nadia Sirota, and vocalist Shara Worden, not to mention many others.

Daniel J. Kushner: Ecstatic Music Festival Interview #5: Sarah Kirkland Snider and Rob Moose Daniel J. Kushner 2011

During a concert at Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2008 for which indie rock sensation The National had hired violinist/guitarist Rob Moose, trumpeter/French horn player CJ Camerieri, and clarinetist Hideaki Aomori as backing musicians, Moose noticed a lack of musical intimacy. yMusic, left to right: Hideaki Aomori, Clarice Jensen, CJ Camerieri, Rob Moose, Alex Sopp, Nadia Sirota; photo by Ilya Nikhamin.

Daniel J. Kushner: Beautiful Mechanical: yMusic, The Ready-Made Collaborators Daniel J. Kushner 2011

Flutist Alex Sopp had to turn down the assignment: She was playing with members of the New York Philharmonic at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Too Busy for Their Own Success Jim Fusilli 2012

Kushner: Throughout the Ecstatic Music Festival, women have played a prominent role, from composers such as Missy Mazzoli, Merrill Garbus, Olga Bell and yourself to performers like cellist Clarice Jensen, flutist Alex Sopp, violist Nadia Sirota, and vocalist Shara Worden, not to mention many others.

Daniel J. Kushner: Ecstatic Music Festival Interview #5: Sarah Kirkland Snider and Rob Moose Daniel J. Kushner 2011

The New York-based sextet -- clarinetist Hideaki Aomori , trumpeter/French horn player CJ Camerieri, cellist Clarice Jensen, violinist/guitarist Rob Moose, violist Nadia Sirota, and flutist Alex Sopp -- came together because it sensed an unnecessary musical disconnect between its individual members and wanted to correct it.

Daniel J. Kushner: Beautiful Mechanical: yMusic, The Ready-Made Collaborators Daniel J. Kushner 2011

The New York-based sextet -- clarinetist Hideaki Aomori , trumpeter/French horn player CJ Camerieri, cellist Clarice Jensen, violinist/guitarist Rob Moose, violist Nadia Sirota, and flutist Alex Sopp -- came together because it sensed an unnecessary musical disconnect between its individual members and wanted to correct it.

Daniel J. Kushner: Beautiful Mechanical: yMusic, The Ready-Made Collaborators Daniel J. Kushner 2011

Ms. Sopp is similarly accomplished: In addition to her work with the New York Philharmonic, she's a member of four new-music ensembles, including the Orchestra of St. Luke's and the Mark Morris Dance Group Music Ensemble.

Too Busy for Their Own Success Jim Fusilli 2012

When Maetel warned us not to judge Sopp too quickly, she meant it.

Against the Japanese Grain Buruma, Ian 1991

But I could, perhaps, show youI If this point is where the Grand Adas arrived [Sopp extends a finger and points to an imaginary spot] and this point is the world 'Betazed' ... [he points to another spot] Do you have stellar maps which would be of assistance, Captain?

Against the Japanese Grain Buruma, Ian 1991