Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

New Works for Piano

Performing New works by

• Jenny Beck

• Gulli Björnsson

• Francisco del Pino

• Tom Morrison

• Gemma Peacocke

• Nina Shekhar

• Max Vinetz

Performed by:

• Vicky Chow

• Isabelle O’Connell

Location: Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall at Princeton University
Ticketing: Free admission
Date: Tuesday, November 30th, 2021
Start time: 8:00 pm

Program

Gulli Björnsson
Laufskrúð

Vicky Chow, piano

Tom Morrison
Train Dreams

Vicky Chow, piano

Jenny Beck
Held

Isabelle O’Connell, piano

Nina Shekhar
Vocalise

Isabelle O’Connell, piano

INTERMISSION

Gemma Peacocke
Seven Sermons to the Dead

1. Taut and malignant
2. It was scarcely possible to breathe
3. Dusty windchimes
4. Like droplets splashing onto your face from an old-fashioned New York City air conditioner
5. Like your heart is wrenching from its tendons
6. Like there are ghosts beneath your skin
7. It was as if my house began to be haunted

Isabelle O’Connell, piano

Francisco del Pino
Lumen

Vicky Chow, piano

Max Vinetz
image (a monument to my memory)

Vicky Chow, piano

Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

New Opera

New works by

• Molly Herron and Maria Reva

• Alyssa Weinberg with J. Mae Barizo

Directed by

• Directed by Ashley Tata

• Musical direction by Gabriel Crouch

Performed by

• Justine Aaronson

• Isaac Calvin

• Gabriel Crouch

• Sam Denler

• Mika Godbole

• Ariadne Greif

• Katie Hyun

• Maddy Kulshan

• Nick Photinos

• Miho Saegusa

• Molly Trueman

• Andrew Yee

Location: Wallace Theater in Lewis Arts Complex at Princeton University
Ticketing: Free admission
Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Start time: 7:00 pm

Program

Molly Herron and Maria Reva
Stolen

Music by Molly Herron; Text by Maria Reva and Molly Herron; Directed by Ashley Tata; Musical direction by Gabriel Crouch

GIRL: Justine Aaronson; BOY: Isaac Calvin; CHORUS: Gabriel Crouch, baritone and director; Sam Denler, tenor; Maddy Kulshan, soprano; Molly Trueman, mezzo soprano; Mika Godbole, percussion; Nick Photinos, cello

INTERMISSION

Alyssa Weinberg, with text by J. Mae Barizo
Isola

1. [rose light at the edges]
2. [one sense of sleep]
3. [in the morning]
4. [in my dreams]
5. [i lay the blanket on the grass]
6. [blue vigil]
7. [the trees are loud today]
8. [perhaps if I speak loudly into the color]
9. [who’s to say, time]
10. [these glacial expectations]
11. [and after that]
12. [blue gradations]
13. [all i have is voice]

Music by Alyssa Weinberg; Text by J. Mae Barizo; Directed by Ashley Tata; Musical direction by Gabriel Crouch; Video and projection design by Eamonn Farrell

Ariadne Greif, soprano; Katie Hyun, violin; Miho Saegusa, violin; Andrew Yee, cello

Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

Listening Hang: Freelance Works

A screening of videos featuring various artists and ensembles performing new works by Princeton composers

New works by

• Pascal Le Boeuf

• Nina Shekhar

• Elijah Daniel Smith

• Shelley Washington

• Bora Yoon

Performed by

• Pascal Le Boeuf

• Lyris Quartet

• Beth Meyers

• Jessie Montgomery

• Courtney Orlando

• Sō Percussion

• Bora Yoon

Location: Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall at Princeton University
Ticketing: Free admission
Date: Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Start time: 8:00 pm

Program

Pascal Le Boeuf
MASQUE

Pascal Le Boeuf, moog synth, vox transistor organ; Beth Meyers, viola; Jessie Montgomery, violin; Courtney Orlando, violin; Sō Percussion: Eric Cha-Beach, crotales and snares; Josh Quillen, bass pans, prepared timpano, miscellaneous; Adam Sliwinski, crotales and snares; Jason Treuting, metals and drum set

Video by Four/Ten Media (Evan Monroe Chapman & Kevin Eikenberg)

Shelley Washington
Sunday

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

Bora Yoon
SPKR SPRKLE

Text and music by Bora Yoon

Shelley Washington
desert in, Episode 6: ‘The Heart is a Lonely Hunter’

Libretto and text by Quentin Nguyen-duy. Commissioned and produced by Boston Lyric Opera. Produced in association with Long Beach Opera.

Elijah Daniel Smith
Fragmented Effigies

Nina Shekhar
rockabye-bye

Lyris Quartet: Timothy Loo, cello; Luke Maurer, viola; Alyssa Park, violin; Shalini Vijayan, violin

Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

Listening Hang: Sō Percussion

A screening of videos featuring Sō Percussion performing new works by Princeton composers.

New works by

• Gulli Björnsson

• Francisco del Pino

• Nick DiBerardino

• Natalie Dietterich

• Liam Elliot

• Matt McBane

• Elijah Daniel Smith

• Max Vinetz

Performed by

• Sō Percussion

Location: Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall at Princeton University
Ticketing: Free admission
Date: Tuesday, October 5th, 2021
Start time: 8:00 pm

Program

Natalie Dietterich
soldier / sailor

Nick DiBerardino
Whirl

Francisco del Pino
Sweet love

Elijah Daniel Smith
Fragmented Effigies

Liam Elliot
Distillō

Max Vinetz
beat//tact

Matt McBane
Bathymetry 7: Refraction

Gulli Björnsson
Hrímglit

All works performed by Sō Percussion: Eric Cha-Beach, percussion; Josh Quillen, percussion; Adam Sliwinski, percussion; Jason Treuting, percussion

Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

Listening Hang: Variant 6

A screening of videos featuring Sō Percussionperforming new works by Princeton composers

New works by

• Francisco del Pino

• Christopher Douthitt

• Molly Herron

• James Moore

• Gemma Peacocke

• Max Vinetz

• Lawrence Irving Wilde

Performed by

• Variant 6

Location: Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall at Princeton University
Ticketing: Free admission
Date: Tuesday, September 14th, 2021
Start time: 8:00 pm

Program

Gemma Peacocke
Song

Molly Herron
Reading

James Moore
How to work with nothing

Lawrence Irving Wilde
If poisonous minerals and if that tree

Christopher Douthitt
Foal in the Sunlight

Molly Herron
12 Years Interlude

Francisco del Pino
Cave / Cueva

Max Vinetz
flash flood fiction

All works performed by Variant 6: Jessica Beebe, soprano; Steven Bradshaw, tenor; Rebecca Myers, soprano; James Reese, tenor; Daniel Schwartz, bass; Elisa Sutherland, mezzo-soprano