New Zealand flutist Tessa Brinckman works in many orchestral, classical, festival and contemporary chamber ensembles around the Northwest, including the Oregon Symphony and Ernest Bloch Festival. She has received numerous grants and awards, including a Regional Arts & Culture Council grant for her Pacific Khyal project of commissions and performances of Western and Hindustani classical music. Recent recordings includes a flute and electronic media work on the CD Dog Star (North Pacific Music). She has continued to explore Indian raga and more recently tango during the last four years. Tessa is the founding director of the East West Continuo, a group which has been warmly received by Northwest audiences since its inception in 2003, incorporating other artistic media to reach an enthusiastic and diverse audience. East West Continuo is a flexible ensemble of flute and stringed instruments, both Western and non-Western, which continues its mission of exploring traditional and hybrid material, commissioning new works and reviving old ones.