Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

Attacca Quartet (1/2)

Attacca Quartet perform two concerts—each with a different program—over two consecutive nights featuring new works by Princeton University graduate student composers.

New works by

• Gladstone Deluxe

• Hannah Ishizaki

• Aliayta Foon-Dancoes

• Bobby Ge

• Travis Laplante

• Lucy McKnight

• Nathan Schram

Performed by

• Attacca Quartet

• Lucy McKnight

Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Start Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall, Princeton University
Ticketing: Free, unticketed

Program

Nathan Schram
Mark Sticks

Gladstone Deluxe
Different Collisions of the Same Memories

Hannah Ishizaki
Collide

Travis Laplante
String Quartet II

INTERMISSION

Lucy McKnight
presence of your absence

Lucy McKnight, voice, piano, percussion

Aliayta Foon-Dancoes
12th & Fraser

Bobby Ge
Music of Innocence & Experience

Attacca Quartet: Amy Schroeder, violin; Domenic Salerni, violinist; Nathan Schram, viola; Andrew Yee, cello

Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

Sō Percussion (2/2)

Princeton University’s Edward T. Cone Performers-in-Residence, Sō Percussion, perform two concerts—each with a different program—over two consecutive nights featuring new works by Princeton University graduate student composers.

New works by

• Liam Elliot

• Aliayta Foon-Dancoes

• Travis Laplante

• Lucy McKnight

• Christian Quiñones

• Max Vinetz

• Justin Wright

Performed by

• Sō Percussion

Location: Lee Music Performance and Rehearsal Room at Lewis Arts Complex
Ticketing: Free admission
Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Start Time: 8:00 pm

Program

Christian Quiñones
Moniker

Justin Wright
Eraser

Max Vinetz
first melt

INTERMISSION

Liam Elliot
carbon/silicon

Aliayta Foon-Dancoes
LIGHTEN UP

Lucy McKnight
!&?+~_~+?&!

Travis Laplante
No Distance

Sō Percussion: Eric Cha-Beach, Josh Quillen, Adam Sliwinski, Jason Treuting

Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

Sō Percussion (1/2)

Princeton University’s Edward T. Cone Performers-in-Residence, Sō Percussion, perform two concerts—each with a different program—over two consecutive nights featuring new works by Princeton University graduate student composers.

New works by

• Ellie Cherry

• Francisco del Pino

• Gladstone Deluxe

• Kennedy Taylor Dixon

• Bobby Ge

• Hannah Ishizaki

• Isaac Santos

• Nathan Schram

Performed by

• Sō Percussion

Location: Lee Music Performance and Rehearsal Room at Lewis Arts Complex
Ticketing: Free admission
Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Start Time: 8:00 pm

Program

Francisco del Pino
Tattarrattat

Gladstone Deluxe
Confluent Spirit

Bobby Ge
System Haptics Off

Isaac Santos
etude II “bomba”

Nathan Schram
So Flamenco

INTERMISSION

Hannah Ishizaki
Redacted

kennedy taylor dixon
blah, blah

Ellie Cherry
Breaking News

Sō Percussion: Eric Cha-Beach, Josh Quillen, Adam Sliwinski, Jason Treuting

Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

Generals Concert

Princeton University second-year graduate student composers, in partial fulfillment of the General Examination, create new works in response to the work of other, established artists. Various artists and ensembles perform the new works.

New works by

• Ellie Cherry

• Kennedy Taylor Dixon

• Bobby Ge

• Travis Laplante

• Nathan Schram

Performed by

• Ellie Cherry

• Greg Chudzik

• J Clancy

• Jonathan Collazo

• Erika Dohi

• Aliayta Foon-Dancoes

• Travis Laplante

• Daniel Matei

• Lara Saldanha

Location: Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall at Princeton University
Ticketing: Free admission
Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Start Time: 8:00 pm

Program

Ryuichi Sakamoto
andata from async

Video: Ryuichi Sakamoto, acoustic piano and synthesizers; scenes from the film Solaris, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky; edited by Ellie Cherry

Ellie Cherry
Night Circuits

Live performance: Ellie Cherry, analog synthesizer and digital mixer; Greg Chudzik, acoustic upright bass

Nicolas Berge
HOW TO pt. 2

Video: Veronique de Raedemaeker, violin and voice; Ramón Gardella, percussion; filmed by Nicolas Berge; audio production by Simon Spillner

Bobby Ge
You Have Entered the Public Domain

Live performance: Aliayta Foon-Dancoes, violin; J Clancy, glockenspiel, drum set; fixed media

Jessie Marino
throw me to you and back again

Live performance: Daniel Matei, performer 1; Jonathan Collazo, performer 2

kennedy taylor dixon
WE AS HUMANS

Video: kennedy taylor dixon, performer; audio and video production by kennedy taylor dixon

– INTERMISSION –

Alban Berg
Piano Sonata No. 1

Live performance: Lara Saldanha, piano

Travis Laplante
A Room With No Walls

Live performance: Travis Laplante, tenor saxophone; Erika Dohi, piano

Oneohtrix Point Never
A Barely Lit Path

Video: Freeka Tet, director, art director; Daniel Lopatin, writer, art director

Nathan Schram
Let me out

Video: AI supervision by Alex Wettig; audio mixing by Davis Polito; video production by Nathan Schram

Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

Gallicantus

This concert was cancelled due to illness.

Vocal ensemble Gallicantus performs new works by Princeton University graduate student composers.

New works by

• Ellie Cherry

• Francisco del Pino

• Hannah Ishizaki

• Travis Laplante

• Hope Littwin

• Isaac Santos

• Connor Elias Way

• Justin Wright

Performed by

• Gallicantus

Location: Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall at Princeton University
Ticketing: Free admission
Date: Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Start Time: 8:00 pm

Program

This concert was cancelled due to illness.

Ellie Cherry
I am You are Who?

Travis Laplante
Her Hand

Justin Wright
This Night the Sun Shined Very Brightly

Hannah Ishizaki
Ah, Ee, Oo, Eh, Oh

Isaac Santos
monólogo navideño

Hope Littwin
Ave Maria

Francisco del Pino
Madrigal

Connor Elias Way
Sic vita fluit

Gallicantus: David Allsopp, countertenor; Matthew Long, tenor; Tom Robson, tenor; Gabriel Crouch, baritone; Giles Underwood, bass.

Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

Composing for Improvisers Concert

Princeton University students in the MUS 541 Seminar ‘Composing for Improvisers,’ together with course instructor and faculty member Dmitri Tymoczko, present new works for an improvising ensemble that features some of New York City’s finest improvisers.

New works by

• Dai Wei

• Francisco del Pino

• Travis Laplante

• Soom and Soo Yeon Lyuh

• Isaac Santos

• Dmitri Tymoczko

• Max Vinetz

Performed by

• Wendy Eisenberg, guitar and voice

• Russell Greenberg, percussion and voice

• yuniya edi kwon, violin and voice

• Travis Laplante, tenor saxophone

• Lester St. Louis, cello and voice

• Nate Wooley, trumpet

with

• Dai Wei, Soo Yeon Lyuh, Isaac Santos, Soom, and Dmitri Tymoczko

Location: Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall at Princeton University
Ticketing: Free admission
Date: Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Start Time: 8:00 pm

Program

Max Vinetz
interwoven interstices

Travis Laplante, tenor saxophone; Nate Wooley, trumpet; yuniya edi kwon, violin; Lester St. Louis, cello; Wendy Eisenberg, guitar; Russell Greenberg, percussion

Francisco del Pino
Mantra

Travis Laplante, tenor saxophone; Nate Wooley, trumpet; yuniya edi kwon, violin; Lester St. Louis, cello; Wendy Eisenberg, electric guitar and voice; Francisco del Pino, electric guitar Russell Greenberg, percussion

Soom and Soo Yeon Lyuh
Full Moon Child

Music by Soom and Soo Yeon Lyuh
Text by Soom

Soo Yeon Lyuh, haegeum; Soom, gayageum and voice; Travis Laplante, tenor saxophone; Nate Wooley, trumpet; yuniya edi kwon, violin and voice; Lester St. Louis, cello; Wendy Eisenberg, guitar; Russell Greenberg, percussion

Dai Wei
Parnassius

Dai Wei, voice; Travis Laplante, tenor saxophone; Nate Wooley, trumpet; yuniya edi kwon, violin and voice; Lester St. Louis, cello and voice; Wendy Eisenberg, guitar and voice; Russell Greenberg, percussion and voice

INTERMISSION

Travis Laplante
3-1-0

Travis Laplante, tenor saxophone; Nate Wooley, trumpet; yuniya edi kwon, violin; Lester St. Louis, cello; Wendy Eisenberg, guitar; Russell Greenberg, percussion

Isaac Santos
counterculture

Travis Laplante, tenor saxophone; Nate Wooley, trumpet; yuniya edi kwon, violin; Lester St. Louis, cello; Wendy Eisenberg, guitar; Isaac Santos, piano; Russell Greenberg, percussion

Dmitri Tymoczko
Glimmer

Travis Laplante, tenor saxophone; Nate Wooley, trumpet; yuniya edi kwon, violin; Lester St. Louis, cello; Wendy Eisenberg, guitar; Dmitri Tymoczko, keyboard; Russell Greenberg, percussion

Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

JACK Quartet (1/2)

String quartet JACK perform two concerts—each with a different program—over two consecutive nights, featuring new works by Princeton University faculty and graduate student composers.

New works by

• Travis Laplante

• Juri Seo

• Max Vinetz

• Justin Wright

Performed by

• JACK Quartet

Location: Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall at Princeton University
Ticketing: Free admission
Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Start Time: 8:00 pm

Program

Travis Laplante
String Quartet No. 1

Justin Wright
J’étais

i. pppp
ii. pppp
iii. ppp
iv. pppp
v. pppp

INTERMISSION

Max Vinetz
Wax Catalog

i. left, beklemmt
ii. transfigured song

Juri Seo
Just Intonation Etudes

I. 3-Limit – Pythagoras’ Lament
II. 5-Limit - Sarabande in Giant Tiny Steps
III. 7-Limit - The Well-Tuned Blues
IV. 11-Limit - An End to Suffering
V. 13-Limit - Gigue in 13
VI. 17-Limit - 17 Farewells (Epilogue)

JACK Quartet: Christopher Otto, violin; Austin Wulliman, violin; John Pickford Richards, viola; Jay Campbell, cello

Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

Mixtape 2

PSK’s second Mixtape concert for the academic year, in which various artists and ensembles perform new works by Princeton University graduate student composers.

New works by

• Ellie Cherry

• Bobby Ge

• Travis Laplante

• James Moore

• Gemma Peacocke

Performed by

• Brian Chase

• Ellie Cherry

• Henry Wong Doe

• Erika Dohi

• Shayna Dunkelman

• Bobby Ge

• Maxwell Hinton

• Ches Smith

Location: Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall at Princeton University
Ticketing: Free admission
Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Start Time: 8:00 pm

Program

James Moore
Slight Songs

Brian Chase, drumset and percussion; Shayna Dunkelman, drumset and percussion; Ches Smith, drumset and percussion

INTERMISSION

Travis Laplante
Spiral to the Beloved

Erika Dohi, piano

Gemma Peacocke
Redshift

I. . .the trillion trillion trillion lovely others sail outward
II. I have walked this far without you
III. in exact proportion to this moment

Henry Wong Doe, piano

Bobby Ge
Hymns After Laurie Spiegel

I. Expanse
II. Patchwork Eventide
III. Pentachrome Hymnal

Maxwell Hinton, piano

Ellie Cherry
The Butterfly Effect

Ellie Cherry, electronics; Bobby Ge, piano

Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

~Nois

Saxophone quartet ~Nois performs new works by Princeton University graduate student composers Francisco del Pino, Kennedy Taylor Dixon, Bobby Ge, Travis Laplante, Lucy McKnight, Christian Quiñones, and Nathan Schram.

New works by

• Francisco del Pino

• Kennedy Taylor Dixon

• Bobby Ge

• Travis Laplante

• Lucy McKnight

• Christian Quiñones

• Nathan Schram

Performed by

• Francisco del Pino

• ~Nois

Location: Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall at Princeton University
Ticketing: Free admission
Date: Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Start Time: 8:00 pm

Program

Bobby Ge
To Speak As One

Lucy McKnight
insides out

kennedy taylor dixon
they can finally breathe

Christian Quiñones
High Tide

INTERMISSION

Nathan Schram
While Babies Sleep

Francisco del Pino
Invisible

Francisco del Pino, electric guitar

Travis Laplante
Running in a Field of Flowers

~Nois: Julian Velasco, soprano saxophone; Hunter Bockes, alto saxophone; Jordan Lulloff, tenor saxophone; János Csontos, baritone saxophone

Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

Juri Seo: ‘Toy Store,’ Jinjoo Cho, Parker Ramsay

Princeton University composition faculty member Juri Seo premieres her new work ‘Toy Store’ for solo violin, performed by Jinjoo Cho, alongside new works for harp by graduate student composers Francisco del Pino, Kennedy Taylor Dixon, Travis Laplante, Soo Yeon Lyuh, Lucy McKnight, and Nathan Schram, performed by Parker Ramsay.

New works by

• Francisco del Pino

• Kennedy Taylor Dixon

• Travis Laplante

• Soo Yeon Lyuh

• Lucy McKnight

• Nathan Schram

• Juri Seo

Performed by

• Jinjoo Cho

• Travis Laplante

• Parker Ramsay

Location: Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall at Princeton University
Ticketing: Free admission
Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Start Time: 8:00 pm

Program

Travis Laplante
Enter The Starlight

Travis Laplante, tenor saxophone; Parker Ramsay, harp

Nathan Schram
Unpack the Rain

Parker Ramsay, harp

Soo Yeon Lyuh
Sleep Study

Parker Ramsay, harp

Francisco del Pino
3 Impromptus

I. Arpeggios
II. Glissandi
III. Tremolos

Parker Ramsay, harp

Kennedy Taylor Dixon
and around we go

Parker Ramsay, harp

INTERMISSION

Lucy McKnight
when i am among the trees

Parker Ramsay, harp and hand-built harp / organ pipe / percussion instrument

Juri Seo
Toy Store

I. Jack-in-the-Box
II. Monster Truck
III. Mobile
IV. Roller Skates
V. Bubbles

Jinjoo Cho, violin