Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

Attacca Quartet (2/2)

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

• Ellie Cherry

• Francisco del Pino

• Kennedy Taylor Dixon

• Hope Littwin

• Christian Quiñones

• Isaac Santos

• Max Vinetz

Performed by

• Attacca Quartet

• Hope Littwin

Date: Thursday, December 4, 2024
Start Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall, Princeton University
Ticketing: Free, unticketed

Program

Francisco del Pino
Tu me sequere me

Isaac Santos
american chestnut: postlude

Max Vinetz
Fleabane

INTERMISSION

Hope Littwin
Prince of Peace

Ellie Cherry
Silverfish

Kennedy Taylor Dixon
this, instead

Christian Quiñones
EYECANDY

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

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

Gemma Peacocke: ‘A Strange Power,’ Sputter Box, Charlotte Mundy

Gemma Peacocke’s ‘A Strange Power’ is a 45-minute cantata about the tangled web of romance, free love, creation, and death in the early lives of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley and her step-sister, Claire Clairmont. Scored for two sopranos, clarinet, piano, percussion, and cello, the work will be performed by Sputter Box with guest performers: vocalist Charlotte Mundy, cellist Aaron Wolff, and pianist Isabelle O'Connell. The program also features new works for Sputter Box by Princeton University graduate student composers Kennedy Taylor Dixon, Aliayta Foon-Dancoes, and Onche Rajesh Ugbabe.

New works by

• Kennedy Taylor Dixon

• Aliayta Foon-Dancoes

• Gemma Peacocke

• Onche Rajesh Ugbabe

Performed by

• Charlotte Mundy

• Isabelle O'Connell

• Sputter Box

• Aaron Wolff

Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Start Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall, Princeton University
Ticketing: Free, unticketed

Program

kennedy taylor dixon
what we must make sense of

Onche Rajesh Ugbabe
Bending Tradition: Musical Miniatures for Voice, Vibraphone, and Bass Clarinet

Aliayta Foon-Dancoes
For Your Own Good

Sputter Box: Alina Tamborini, voice; Kathryn Vetter, clarinet; Peter White, percussion

INTERMISSION

Gemma Peacocke
A Strange Power

Sputter Box: Alina Tamborini, voice; Kathryn Vetter, clarinet; Peter White, percussion; with Charlotte Mundy, voice; Isabelle O’Connell, piano; Aaron Wolff, cello

Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

James Moore: Music for The Hands Free

James Moore presents a set of compositions for his acoustic ensemble The Hands Free. The set will feature a new song cycle on texts by Irish language poet Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill with English translations by Paul Muldoon.

New works by

• James Moore

Performed by

• The Hands Free: Nathan Koci, James Moore, Eleonore Oppenheim, Caroline Shaw

Date: Thursday, October 31, 2024
Start Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall, Princeton University
Ticketing: Free, unticketed

Program

James Moore
Music for The Hands Free

The Hands Free: Nathan Koci, James Moore, Eleonore Oppenheim, Caroline Shaw

Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

Juri Seo: ‘Birds, Bees, Electric Fish,’ Caballito Negro and guests

Princeton University faculty member Juri Seo’s ‘Birds, Bees, Electric Fish’ is a 30-minute work that imagines the perceptual worlds experienced by non-human organisms. Scored for 2 flutists and 2 percussionists, it will be performed by flute and percussion duo Caballito Negro with guest performers. The program also features new works for the performers by faculty member Jason Treuting, and graduate student composers Hope Littwin and Isaac Santos.

New works by

• Hope Littwin

• Juri Seo

• Isaac Santos

• Jason Treuting

Performed by

• Caballito Negro: Tessa Brinckman, Terry Longshore

with

• Lisa Cella

• Dustin Donahue

Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Start Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, Princeton University
Ticketing: Free, unticketed

Program

Jason Treuting
our breath

Isaac Santos
gatito negro

Hope Littwin
Morphogenic Projections

INTERMISSION

Juri Seo
Birds, Bees, Electric Fish

Caballito Negro: Tessa Brinckman, flute; Terry Longshore, percussion; with Lisa Cella, flute; Dustin Donahue, percussion

Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

Mixtape 2

PSK presents its second Mixtape concert for the academic year, in which various artists and ensembles perform new works by Princeton University faculty and graduate student composers. New works by faculty member Jeff Snyder, and graduate students Ellie Cherry, Gladstone Deluxe, Liam Elliot, Max Vinetz, and Justin Wright. Performances by Mafer Bandola, Mobéy Lola Irizarry, Iwo Jedynecki, Star Mitchell, panSonus (j clancy and Amber Evans), and party of one (Liz Faure and Jessica Tsang).

New works by

• Ellie Cherry

• Gladstone Deluxe

• Liam Elliot

• Jeff Snyder

• Max Vinetz

• Justin Wright

Performed by

• Mafer Bandola

• Ellie Cherry

• Gladstone Deluxe

• Liam Elliot

• Mobéy Lola Irizarry

• Iwo Jedynecki

• Star Mitchell

• panSonus: j clancy and Amber Evans

• party of one: Liz Faure and Jessica Tsang

• Justin Wright, cello and fixed media

Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Start Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall, Princeton University
Ticketing: Free, unticketed

Program

Ellie Cherry
Swell

Ellie Cherry, electronics; Iwo Jedynecki, accordion

Max Vinetz
The New Manila Envelope

panSonus: j clancy, percussion and voice; Amber Evans, voice

Liam Elliot
Winter Music

Liam Elliot, feedback string resonator and electronics

— INTERMISSION —

Justin Wright
Improvisations from Svalbard

Justin Wright, cello and fixed media

Jeff Snyder
Sigils

party of one: Liz Faure, pedal steel guitar; Jessica Tsang, vibraphone

Gladstone Deluxe featuring Mobéy Lola Irizarry, Mafer Bandola, and Star Mitchell
Dreams

Mafer Bandola, bandola and voice; Gladstone Butler, percussion and electronics; Mobéy Lola Irizarry, percussion and voice; Star Mitchell, movement

Princeton Sound Kitchen proudly sponsors

Unruly Sounds Music Festival 2024

An afternoon of music by local composers that showcases local bands and musicians and features rising talents in the Princeton University graduate composition program. Full schedule to follow.

Unruly Sounds, now in its eighth year, returns to Hinds Plaza for an afternoon of music. Mika Godbole of Mantra Percussion curates this annual celebration of original music from Princeton University’s graduate music program and other area-based musicians. The all-day event features a wide variety of post classical / contemporary grooves. As in past years, the festival promises to keep to its tradition of highlighting fresh sounds and new compositions. Festival-goers are encouraged to walk around, sit, and eat, and experience the music in a relaxed atmosphere—dancing is encouraged! The festival's primary objective is to pair new compositions and original music with a casual ambience to encourage accessibility and dialogue between composers and the community. In case of rain, the festival will move inside to the Community Room. This event is sponsored by jaZams, Orvana, Princeton Public Library, Princeton Record Exchange, Princeton Sound Kitchen, and Small World Coffee.

Performances by

• Damsel Duo

• eGALitarian Brass

• Mark Eichenberger

• Forever House

• Payton Macdonald Trio

• Mantra Percussion

• Dubious Moniker

• Josh Quillen & Kendall Williams

• Super Group

• Olivier Tarpaga and African Music Ensemble

• and additional performer announcements soon!

Date: Saturday, September 28, 2024
Start Time: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Hinds Plaza, Witherspoon Street, Princeton
Ticketing: Free, unticketed

Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

Connor Elias Way: ‘The Sun Must Bear No Name’ + Mixtape 1

Connor Elias Way’s 25-minute work ‘The Sun Must Bear No Name,’ performed by Austin Williman, is scored for solo violin and electronics, and uses dense networks of canons to form clouds of shapeshifting harmony, like striated lines of hot blown glass. On the same program, PSK presents its first Mixtape concert for the academic year, in which various artists and ensembles perform new works by Princeton University faculty member Jason Treuting, and graduate student composers Hannah Ishizaki and Nathan Schram.

New works by

• Hannah Ishizaki

• Nathan Schram

• Jason Treuting

• Connor Elias Way

Performed by

• Nathan Meltzer

• Beth Meyers

• Nathan Schram

• Wynona Wang

• Austin Wulliman

Date: Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Start Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall, Princeton University
Ticketing: Free, unticketed

Program

Jason Treuting
the only tired

Beth Meyers, viola with playback

Hannah Ishizaki
Violin Sonata

Nathan Meltzer, violin; Wynona Wang, piano

Nathan Schram and Shahzad Ismaily
Pathétique

Nathan Schram, viola and electronics

Nathan Schram
this sacred place

Nathan Schram, viola and electronics

— INTERMISSION — 

Connor Elias Way
THE SUN MUST BEAR NO NAME

Austin Wulliman, violin

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

Hub New Music

Flute, clarinet, violin, and cello ensemble Hub New Music performs new works by Princeton University faculty and graduate student composers.

New works by

• Francisco del Pino

• Donnacha Dennehy

• Aliayta Foon-Dancoes

• Hope Littwin

• Elijah Daniel Smith

• Max Vinetz

Performed by

• Hub New Music

Location: Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall at Princeton University
Ticketing: Free admission
Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Start Time: 8:00 pm

Program

Hope Littwin
guided meditation

Francisco del Pino
Passacaglia

Elijah Daniel Smith
Stagnation Blues

— INTERMISSION —

Max Vinetz
let it ring

Aliayta Foon-Dancoes
traceries

Donnacha Dennehy
Concertina

Hub New Music: Michael Avitabile, flutes; Jesse Christeson, cello; Gleb Kanasevich, clarinet; Meg Rohrer, violin

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

TAK

Chamber ensemble TAK performs new works by Princeton University graduate student composers.

New works by

• Aliayta Foon-Dancoes

• Gemma Peacocke

• Christian Quiñones

• Elijah Daniel Smith

• Max Vinetz

Performed by

• TAK

Location: Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall at Princeton University
Ticketing: Free admission
Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Start Time: 8:00 pm

Program

Max Vinetz
of Montrose

Gemma Peacocke
on GHOSTS

Aliayta Foon-Dancoes
YOU WILL GO TO HEAVEN

Elijah Daniel Smith
The Violence of Air

Christian Quiñones
BLACKOUT

TAK: Laura Cocks, flute; Madison Greenstone, clarinet; Charlotte Mundy, voice; Marina Kifferstein, violin; Ellery Trafford, percussion.

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