Cliff Schloss is a local New Haven multi-instrumentalist, educator, and composer who has played throughout the CT and NY area in various groups. Schloss was the recipient of the 2018 CT Office of the Arts Emerging Artist Grant Award. An attendee of Hofstra University, Schloss currently works as a music teacher privately and through Neighborhood Music School and as an administrative assistant for Shelley Quiala, Executive Director of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas.