Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

Bearthoven

New works by

• Jenny Beck

• Florent Ghys

• Molly Herron

• Matt McBane

• Anna Meadors

• Gemma Peacocke

Performed by

• Bearthoven

Location: Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall
Ticketing: Free admission
Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Start time: 8:00 pm

Program

Matt McBane
Submerge

Gemma Peacocke
Quiver

Molly Herron
Ebb Tide

INTERMISSION

Anna Meadors
Miniature Impulses

Jenny Beck
Sleepchains

Florent Ghys
Des Mots Superficiels

Bearthoven: Karl Larson, piano; Pat Swoboda, bass; Matt Evans, percussion

Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

Generals Concert: 'Strange Entertainment: Indistinguishable Melodies and TV Tethers'

Various artists and ensembles performing new works by Princeton second year graduate student composers responding to works by established composers, as part of the General Examinations submission of original work.

New works by

• Jenny Beck

• Molly Herron

• Anna Meadors

• Alyssa Weinberg

In response to works by

• Robert Ashley

• Luciano Berio

• Joan La Barbara

• Pamela Z

Performed by

• Justine Aronson

• Jenny Beck

• Meaghan Burke

• David Friend

• Jeff Gavett

• Amanda Gookin

• Zach Herchen

• Mike Mulshine

• Alyssa Weinberg

Location: Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall
Ticketing: Free admission
Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Start time: 8:00 pm

Program

Luciano Berio
Sequenza IXb

Zach Herchen, Saxophone

Anna Meadors
Apophony

Zach Herchen, Saxophone

*

Pamela Z
Baggage Allowance

Recorded audio and video

Alyssa Weinberg
Tethered

Meaghan Burke, cello; Amanda Gookin, cello; Alyssa Weinberg, electronics; Jenny Beck, electronics; Mike Mulshine, synthesizer

*

INTERMISSION

*

Joan La Barbara
Shadow Song from Sound Paintings

Recorded audio

Jenny Beck
Wolf Town

Meaghan Burke, cello and voice; Jenny Beck, voice, harmonium, and electronics

*

Robert Ashley
excerpt from Perfect Lives 4: The Bar Differences

Recorded video and audio

Molly Herron
I’m Really Ready

Amanda Gookin, cello; David Friend, piano; Justine Aronson, soprano; Jeff Gavett, baritone

Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

Freelance Concert

New works by

• Alex Dowling

• Rudresh Mahanthappa

• Anna Meadors

• Tom Morrison

• Emma O’Halloran

• Cleek Schrey

• Annika Socolofsky

• Dmitri Tymoczko

• Kendall K. Williams

Performed by

• Sonya Belaya

• Evan Chapman

• Alex Dowling

• Julia Glenn

• Issei Herr

• Jonathan Hulting-Cohen

• Stuart Jackson

• Matthew Levy

• Rudresh Mahanthappa

• Anna Meadors

• Mika Sasaki

• Alexis Schloss

• Dmitri Tymoczko

• Kendal K. Williams

Location: Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall
Ticketing: Free admission
Date: Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Start time: 8:00 pm

Program

Annika Socolofsky
Rise

Jonathan Hulting-Cohen, saxophone; Sonya Belaya, piano

Tom Morrison
Time Stacks

Julia Glenn, violin; Issei Herr, cello; Mika Sasaki, piano

Alex Dowling
Nohow

Anna Meadors, saxophone; Alex Dowling, laptop

Anna Meadors
Bird Fish

Evan Chapman, drums

Rudresh Mahanthappa
I Choose You!

Jonathan Hultin-Cohen, saxophone; Rudresh Mahanthappa, saxophone

INTERMISSION

Kendall K. Williams
To you, with love

Kendal K. Williams, steel pan; Alexis Schloss, dancer

Emma O’Halloran
Sum of its Parts

Matthew Levy, saxophone

Cleek Schrey
New work to be announced

Stuart Jackson, Piano

Dmitri Tymoczko and Rudresh Mahanthappa
Beacons

Rudresh Mahanthappa, saxophone; Dmitri Tymoczko, laptop

Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

‘Wack Pianos II’

New works by

• Shawn Jaeger

• Daniel Silliman

• Dmitri Tymoczko

• Connor Elias Way

Performed by

• Nathaniel LaNasa

• Andrea Lodge

• Longleash Piano Trio

• Renate Rohlfing

• Yegor Shevtsov

Location: Lee Rehearsal and Performance Room, Lewis Arts Complex
Ticketing: Free admission
Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Start time: 8:00 pm

Program

Daniel Silliman
Retrieval, part 3

Andrea Lodge, piano; Renate Rohlfing, piano

Connor Elias Way
Among the Machines of Virtue

Andrea Lodge, piano; Renate Rohlfing, piano

INTERMISSION

Shawn Jaeger
Chenoweth

I. Muscota

Longleash Piano Trio: Pala Garcia, violin; John Popham, cello; Renate Rohlfing, piano

Dmitri Tymoczko
Candybox

The traditional function of a prelude
A Knock at the Door
Waterslide
Brushback
Dancing Birds
Faceoff
In the House of the Rising Sun
Sad Song of the Apocalypse
Tongue in Cheek
A Spectral Cage

Nathaniel LaNasa, piano; Yegor Shevtsov, piano

Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

‘Wack Pianos I’

New works by

• Christopher Douthitt

• Noah Kaplan

Additional works by

• Bruce Mather

• Shashaank Narayanan

• Ivan Wyschnegradsky

Performed by

• HOCKET Piano Duo

Location: Lee Rehearsal and Performance Room, Lewis Arts Complex
Ticketing: Free admission
Date: Sunday, March 11, 2018
Start time: 8:00 pm

Program

Ivan Wyschnegradsky
Préludes, Op. 22

I.
III.
IV.

Shashaank Narayanan
Spectrum

Noah Kaplan
Fugue & Figuration

Ivan Wyschnegradsky
Préludes, Op. 22

V.
VII.
IX.
X.

Bruce Mather
Hommage á Wyschnegradsky

Ivan Wyschnegradsky
Préludes, Op. 22

XV.
XVI.
XVII.
XIX.
XX.
XXIII.
XXIV.

Christopher Douthitt
Volute & Twining

HOCKET Piano Duo: Sarah Gibson, piano; Thomas Kotcheff, piano

Princeton Sound Kitchen Presents

Eighth Blackbird

Performing new works by Princeton composers.

New works by

• Jenny Beck

• Yuri Boguinia (latterly, Lawrence Wilde)

• Christopher Douthitt

• Pascal Le Boeuf

• Annika Socolofsky

• Jason Treuting

• Alyssa Weinberg

Performed by

• Eighth Blackbird

• Annika Socolofsky

Location: Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Tickets: Free admission
Date: Monday, February 26, 2018
Start time: 8:00 pm

Program

Pascal Le Boeuf
Media Control

Eighth Blackbird

Annika Socolofsky
Don’t say a word

Eighth Blackbird; Annika Socolofsky, voice

Alyssa Weinberg
Refracted

Eighth Blackbird

Yuri Boguinia (latterly, Lawrence Wilde)
Transverse Lines

Eighth Blackbird

Jenny Beck
Long It Glows

Eighth Blackbird

Christopher Douthitt
Cf.

Eighth Blackbird

Jason Treuting
torn

Eighth Blackbird

Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

Dan Trueman: ‘Olagón’

Join us for three performances of Olagón: A Cantata in Doublespeak, an epic work with music by Dan Trueman, text by Paul Muldoon, the astonishing Irish singer Iarla Ó Lionáird, and Eighth Blackbird, directed by Mark DeChiazza.

New work by

• Paul Muldoon

• Dan Trueman

Performed by

• Eighth Blackbird

• Pascal Le Boeuf

• Iarla Ó Lionáird

• Members of Princeton University Chamber Choir, Gabriel Crouch, Director

• Dan Trueman

Location: Wallace Theater at the Lewis Arts Complex at Princeton University
Ticketing: $5 / $15
Dates:
Thursday, February 22, 2018
Friday, February 23, 2018
Saturday, February 24, 2018
Start time: 8:00 pm

Program

Paul Muldoon and Dan Trueman
Olagón
Text by Paul Muldoon
Music by Dan Trueman

PART I

Pillow Talk
Introductions
Marbhan’s Shadow
Being Only A Dame
A Queen Bee (Vocals by Seán Ó Lionáird, Peadar Ó Lionáird, Páidí Ó Lionáird)

PART II

Stirrings I
For Eons and Eons
Stirrings II
Motet for Medhbh
Níl Aon Ton-Ton
Stirrings III
You Know It’s a Salmagundi
Stirrings IV
Marbhan and Guaire (Vocals by Nathalie Joachim)

PART III

Pillow Talk Reprise
Restless Rest Ululations I
Zeus to my Demeter
Only on Medhbh
Ululations II
Reeling Reels (Vocals by Michaela McDonagh, and Laura Gill)
Ailíll (Vocals by Treasa Ní Mhiolláin, Michaela McDonagh, and Laura Gill)
The Book of Lamentations (Vocals by Treasa Ní Mhiolláin, Michaela McDonagh, and Laura Gill)

Eighth Blackbird: Nathalie Joachim, flutes; Michael Maccaferri, clarinets; Yvonne Lam, violin and viola; Nick Photinos, cello; Matthew Duvall, percussion; Lisa Kaplan, piano and bitKlavier

Pascal Le Boeuf, vocal conductor and harmonium

Iarla Ó Lionáird, vocals

Members of the Princeton Univeristy Chamber Choir: Gabriel Crouch, Director, Eli Berman ’20, Maddy Kushan ’20, Neel Nagarajan ’21, Tajin Rogers ’20, Theo Trevisan ’21, Rosamond van Wingerden ’20, Mike Williams

Dan Trueman, fiddle, vocals, electronics

Additional vocals by Eighth Blackbird and Dan Trueman

Additional recorded vocals provided by: Treasa Ní Mhiolláin, Michaela McDonagh, Laura Gill, Seán Ó Lionáird, Peadar Ó Lionáird, Páidí Ó Lionáird

Mark DeChiazza, Director; Mary Ellen Stebbins, Lighting Designer; Matthew McCabe, Audio Engineer; Eric Watkins, Lighting Associate; Jason Lynch, Lighting Director; Barbara Butts, Production Manager

Lead support for Olagón: A Cantata in Doublespeak is provided by the Poetry Foundation, with additional support from The University of Richmond, the Irish Arts Center, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, and the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov. Olagón is presented by the Department of Music at Princeton and by Princeton Sound Kitchen, in association with the Irish Arts Center in New York City, and co-sponsored by the Lewis Center for the Arts and the Humanities Council David A. Gardner '69 Magic Fund.

Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

Nick Photinos

Nick Photinos, cellist of Eighth Blackbird performing works for cello, electronics and video.

Works by

• Bryce Dessner

• Florent Ghys

• Molly Joyce

• Pascal Le Boeuf

• David T. Little

• Angélica Negrón

• Jacob TV

Performed by

• Nick Photinos

• Jason Treuting

Location: Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Tickets: Free admission
Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Start time: 8:00 pm

Program

Bryce Dessner
Lewisburg (2015)

Nick Photinos, cello

Molly Joyce
Sit and Dance (2012)

Nick Photinos, cello

Pascal Le Boeuf
Alpha (2016)

Nick Photinos, cello; Jason Treuting, Drums

Jacob TV
TATATATA (1998)

Nick Photinos, cello

David T. Little
and the sky was still there (2010)

Nick Photinos, cello

Angélica Negrón
Panorama (2012)

Nick Photinos, cello

Florent Ghys
Petits Artéfacts (2015)

Game
Information
Cuisine
Factory
Family
Flowers

Nick Photinos, cello

Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

Argus Quartet

New works by

• Jenny Beck

• Molly Herron

• Emma O’Halloran

• Juri Seo

Performed by

• Argus Quartet

Location: Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall
Ticketing: Free admission
Date: Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Start time: 8:00 pm

Program

Molly Herron
Three Sarabandes

I. First Sarabande
II. Second Sarabande
III. Third Sarabande

Emma O’Halloran
Dying is a Wild Night

Jenny Beck
When the Light Comes

BRIEF PAUSE

Juri Seo
String Quartet No. 1

Winter-Spring
Spring-Summer
Summer-Fall
Fall-Winter

String Quartet No. 1 was commissioned by the Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress for the Argus Quartet.

Argus Quartet: Clara Kim, violin; Jason Issokson, violin; Dana Kelley, viola; Joann Whang, cello

Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

Iarla Ó Lionáird & friends

Iarla Ó Lionáird was a Visiting Lecturer in the Humanities Council and a Belknlap Fellow in Music for the 2016 — 2017 academic year and is currently a Global Scholar. The pieces being performed on this program were developed in the Fall 2016 graduate seminar MUS 545: Contexts of Composition, taught by Professor Donnacha Dennehy and Iarla Ó Lionáird.

New works by

• Rodrigo Batalha

• Jenny Beck

• Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade

• Christopher Douthitt

• Molly Herron

• Pascal Le Boeuf

• Anna Pidgorna

• Annika Socolofsky

• Alyssa Weinberg

Performed by

• Jenny Beck

• Mariella Castaldi

• Christopher Douthitt

• Mark Eichenberger

• Florent Ghys

• Molly Herron

• Min-Young Kim

• Anna Lim

• Iarla Ó Lionáird

• Alberto Parrini

• Anna Pidgorna

• Annika Socolofsky

• Jessica Thompson

• Dan Trueman

• Alyssa Weinberg

• Bora Yoon

Location: Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall
Ticketing: Free admission
Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Start time: 8:00 pm

Program

Christopher Douthitt
Untitled

Christopher Douthitt, voice and electronics; Mark Eichenberger, percussion

Traditional
Sean-nós selections

Iarla Ó Lionáird, voice

Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade
Prick Songs

Sonnet 20
Sonnet 52
Sonnet 63

Iarla Ó Lionáird, voice; Min-Young Kim, violin; Anna Lim, violin; Jessica Thompson, viola; Alberto Parrini, cello

Rodrigo Batalha
Undertow

Iarla Ó Lionáird, voice; Min-Young Kim, violin; Anna Lim, violin; Jessica Thompson, viola; Alberto Parrini, cello

Pascal Le Boeuf
Both Eyes Open, Half A Mind

Iarla Ó Lionáird, voice; Min-Young Kim, violin; Anna Lim, violin; Jessica Thompson, viola; Alberto Parrini, cello; Florent Ghys, bass; Mark Eichenberger, percussion

Anna Pidgorna
The Mint Picker’s Man

Anna Pidgorna, voice; Annika Socolofsky, voice; Min-Young Kim, violin; Anna Lim, violin; Jessica Thompson, viola; Alberto Parrini, cello; Mark Eichenberger, percussion

INTERMISSION

Molly Herron
Good Will

Iarla Ó Lionáird, vioce and shruti box; Molly Herron, viola da gamba

Alyssa Weinberg
Macaronic Musings

Iarla Ó Lionáird, voice; Mariella Castaldi, voice; Bora Yoon, voice; Annika Socolofsky, voice; Anna Pidgorna, voice; Min-Young Kim, violin; Anna Lim, violin; Jessica Thompson, viola; Alberto Parrini, cello; Alyssa Weinberg, shruti box

Annika Socolofsky
a sense of who

Iarla Ó Lionáird, voice; Min-Young Kim, violin; Anna Lim, violin; Jessica Thompson, viola; Alberto Parrini, cello; Dan Trueman, hardanger d’amore; Annika Socolofsky, piano

Jenny Beck
Sky Song

Iarla Ó Lionáird, voice; Jenny Beck, voice; Min-Young Kim, violin; Anna Lim, violin; Jessica Thompson, viola; Alberto Parrini, cello

Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

‘Lonely Motel’

New works by

• Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade

• Noah Kaplan

• Steve Mackey

Performed by

• Orchestra 2001

• Rinde Eckert

Location: Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall
Ticketing: Free admission
Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Start time: 8:00 pm

Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

JACK Quartet with Sō Percussion

New works by

• Eric Cha-Beach

• Chris Douthitt

• Gemma Peacocke

• Dan Trueman

Performed by

• JACK Quartet

• Sō Percussion

Location: Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall
Ticketing: Free admission
Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Start time: 8:00 pm

Program

Dan Trueman
Songs That Are Hard to Sing

Sinking Song
Sister Song
Summoning Song
Seizing Song
Sad Song

JACK Quartet, Sō Percussion

Commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University for Sō Percussion and the JACK Quartet.

Christopher Douthitt
That Is a Field Folded

JACK Quartet

Gemma Peacocke
Erasure

JACK Quartet

Eric Cha-Beach
Within a Narrow Range

JACK Quartet, Sō Percussion

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

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