Ensemble Modern

The Ensemble Modern worked with Zappa to create The Yellow Shark, Civilization Phaze III, & EIHN (Everything Is Healing Nicely). The colaboration is also documented on the "Ensemble Modern Plays Frank Zappa - Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions."

Members of the Ensemble are:

• Peter Rundel - Conductor, Violin
• Dietmar Wiesner - Piccolo, Flute, Alto Flute, Bass Flute
• Catherine Milliken - Oboe, Baritone Oboe, English Horn, Didgeridoo
• Roland Diry - Clarinet
• Wolfgang Stryi - Bass Clarinet, Contrabass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone
• Veit Scholz - Bassoon, Contrabassoon
• Franck Ollu - French Horn
• Stefan Dohr - French Horn
• William Formann - Trumpet, Flügelhorn, Piccolo Trumpet, Cornet
• Michael Gross - Trumpet, Flügelhorn, Piccolo Trumpet, Cornet
• Uwe Dierksen - Trombone, Soprano Trombone
• Michael Svoboda - Trombone, Bass Trombone, Euphonium, Didgeridoo, Alphorn, Conch
• Daryl Smith - Tuba
• Hermann Kretzschmar - Piano, Harpsichord, Celeste, Dramatic Reading
• Ueli Wiget - Piano, Harpsichord, Celeste, Harp
• Rainer Römer - Percussion
• Rumi Ogawa-Helferich - Percussion, Cymbalom
• Andreas Böttger - Percussion
• Detlef Tewes - Mandolin
• Jürgen Ruck - Guitar, Banjo
• Ellen Wegner - Harp
• Mathias Tacke - Violin
• Claudia Sack - Violin
• Hilary Sturt - Viola, Dramatic Reading
• Friedemann Dähn - Cello
• Thomas Fichter - Contrabass, Electrocontrabass, Electric Bass
• Special Guest: L. Shankar - violin