Billie Howard is a pianist, violinist, violist, and music educator. Most recently, her compositions appeared as the soundtrack for the short film “Olion”. She performs & records regularly as Akosuen and released two duo albums (with Rebecca Himelstein and Cinchel) in 2018. She was the founding violinist of the Hyalite String Quartet, NbN Trio, and contemporary music collective a.pe.ri.od.ic and also plays keyboard with Bobby Conn.