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22 Summer 2026 • sai-national.org Time for Three members, from left, Charles Yang, Nick Kendall, and Ranaan Meyer were initiated as National Arts Associates by the Philadelphia Alumnae Chapter in April. modern works involving extended techniques and/or electronics. Dr. Wells has a predilection for taking the bassoon to unexpected places, most notably having played for nine years with the Django Reinhardt-inspired swing sextet Hot Club Faux Gitane. Dr. Wells serves as Co-Executive Director of Meg Quigley, an organization focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion within the bassoon world. He is also active as a music scholar, having presented papers at the conferences of the American Musicological Society, the Society for American Music, and the International Double Reed Society. Dr. Wells is the newly-appointed Assistant Professor of Bassoon at the Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University, where he also teaches music history. Dr. Wells earned a Doctor of Musical Arts in Bassoon Performance and a Master of Arts in Musicology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, a Master of Music in Bassoon Performance from Florida State University, and a Bachelor of Music in Bassoon Performance from Arizona State University. DR. HUI-TING YANG Dr. Hui-Ting Yang was initiated as a National Arts Associate by the Delta Zeta Chapter at Troy University in May. Dr. Yang serves as Director of the John M. Long School of Music and Professor of Piano at Troy University, where she also serves as Distinguished Members NICK KENDALL Kendall is a co-founder of Time for Three trio (TF3), co-founder of the artist-driven East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO) and, in 2020, became Artist-in-Residence at Lincoln Center. At his inaugural Residency event series, Kendall produced "READY, SET, SING!", presenting the Young People's Chorus of New York City and its founder and creative director Francisco Nuñez. He also premiered the four-night Residency Series at Jaffe Drive—an informal, improvised space in the porte cochere beneath Lincoln Center Plaza's grand stair. As a soloist and with TF3 and ECCO, Kendall has performed at such venues as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts, The Kennedy Center, Philadelphia's Kimmel Center and Chamber Music Society, Ravinia Festival, Melbourne's Hamer Hall, Sydney Opera House, Hyogo Performing Arts Center outside Osaka, Dvořák Hall at Prague's Rudolfinum, Hong Kong Cultural Center, and an array of sports arenas across Belgium, Germany, Denmark, and Luxembourg as a featured artist on the touring "Night of the Proms" series. In 2022, Kendall joined Joshua Bell and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields for their South American tour as the Orchestra's guest leader. In 2021, he and TF3 wrote and performed the score for the soundtrack of Land, alongside longtime friend and fellow collaborator, singer-songwriter Ben Sollee. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2021. Kendall's love for music is rooted in family tradition. His grandfather, the renowned violin pedagogue John Kendall, brought the Suzuki method from Japan to the United States in the 1960s. Nick's programming for young people renews the teaching tradition of his grandfather while tapping the source of joy he himself discovered in his earliest experiences as a musician. He has brought his kids' concerts TIME FOR THREE

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