About the Ensemble

Wharton Tiers is the composer and drummer for the Wharton Tiers Ensemble. The ensemble plays instrumental rock and currently features 5 guitars, bass, drums and saxophone.

The band’s discography provides sample songs to hear and download.

Ensemble Members

Wharton Tiers – composer and drummer

Fletcher Buckley – Sax
Fletcher is a freelance sax player in the NY session world and a composer in his own right, who has also performed with The Talking Heads, Kieran Liscoe, Jules Baptiste Red Decade, Ian North Neo, (Milk and Cookies) Deep Six, Andy G and The Roller Kings (Devil Dogs), and The Glorious Strangers.

Matt Hunter – Bass
Matt is also in New Radiant Storm King and Yachtmen 3 (with Wharton, Kevin & Eric).

Kevin Kim – Guitar
Kevin previously played with Tone – The Guitar Ensemble, out of Washington, D.C., and is also a member of Yachtmen 3.

Perry Masco (aka PeeWee) – Guitar
Perry has been in the hardcore ensemble I.C.U. forever. They’re on Radical Records.

Ellen Watkins – Guitar
Ellen has played in many bands and guitar ensembles, including Glenn Branca, John Myers’ Blastula, Virgil Moorefield and Phil Kline.

Eric Hubel – Guitar
Eric is a longtime member of the Glenn Branca Ensemble. His other projects include Of Cabbages And Kings, Foetus Inc., The Hallicrafters (shortwave radio mixmasters with Algis Kizys), Aurora.23 and Yachtmen 3.

Jim Santo – Guitar
Jim is a founding member of The Sharp Things, a Brooklyn-based orchestral pop ensemble. He also performs with Michael “Sport” Murphy and is co-owner of The Kennel Recording Studio.

The Wharton Tiers Ensemble live at The Knitting Factory Brooklyn, January 31, 2010. Video, and photo of the Ensemble on this page, by Mark Richards.