The MOTH PROJECT

Peter Kiesewalter studied clarinet and saxophone performance at Ottawa University. He moved to New York City in 1997 and has worked as a touring and recording musician, composer, arranger, music director and producer ever since, most notably with his East Village Opera Company project which signed to Decca/Universal in 2005, garnered much acclaim (“Highbrow and brilliant!” – NewYork Magazine Approval Matrix) and a GRAMMY nomination for their modernist take on classic opera repertoire. He splits his time between Brooklyn with his three children and an upstate New York 18th century farmhouse that he bought and renovated with his partner Whitney La Grange.

Whitney La Grange is from McAllen, Texas. She received her bachelor of music from The Juilliard School. She also attended Yale University on full scholarship in the Artist Diploma Program and received her master of music degree from the University of Illinois where she was a teaching assistant. In New York City she has enjoyed the variety of playing in orchestras (New York City Ballet, New York City Opera, Brooklyn Philharmonic and American Symphony Orchestra), on Broadway (Camelot at Lincoln Center), chamber music (Blue Door String Quartet and Lautreamont String Quartet) and rock/pop gigs (Billy Joel, Jon Batiste, Janelle Monae, Darlene Love, Brian Wilson, Graham Nash, Josh Groban, Rod Stewart, Smokey Robinson and Natalie Merchant). When she’s not in New York City working, she spends time with Kiesewalter at their farmhouse in Sullivan County, NY.