Princeton Sound Kitchen presents

Dance Collaboration

Princeton University graduate student composers Aliayta Foon-Dancoes, Hannah Ishizaki, Travis Laplante, and Justin Wright collaborate with guest choreographers and dancers Caroline Beach, Aaron Choate, Morgan Clune, Eliot Hammans, Ellexis Hatch, Eleni Loving, and Jodi Melnick, to create a host of new short dance works, accompanied by music which includes live performances by Isidora Jojkovic, Justin Kelly, and Arnie Tanimoto.

New works by

• Aliayta Foon-Dancoes and Aaron Choate

• Hannah Ishizaki and Caroline Beach

• Travis Laplante and Jodi Melnick

• Justin Wright and Morgan Clune

Performed by

• Aaron Choate

• Morgan Clune

• Eliot Hammans

• Ellexis Hatch

• Isidora Jojkovic

• Justin Kelly

• Travis Laplante

• Eleni Loving

• Jodi Melnick

• Arnie Tanimoto

• Justin Wright

Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Start Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall, Princeton University
Ticketing: Free, unticketed

Program

Hannah Ishizaki and Caroline Beach
Shifting States

Travis Laplante and Jodi Melnick
Jodi+Travis

INTERMISSION

Justin Wright and Morgan Clune
A Study on Unison

Aliayta Foon-Dancoes and Aaron Choate
Dollywood

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 works.

New works by

• Gladstone Deluxe

• Aliayta Foon-Dancoes

• Hannah Ishizaki

• Isaac Santos

Performed by

• Performer announcements soon

Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Start Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall, Princeton University
Ticketing: Free, unticketed

Program

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Pulse Topology

Video

Aliayta Foon-Dancoes
Iterations

Aliayta Foon-Dancoes, solo violin; light sculptures; Sean Malikides of Kai Lab, collaborator

Moritz Simon Geist
MR-808

Video

Hannah Ishizaki
Common Ground

Touch Reactive Sound Spheres; video

INTERMISSION

Steve Reich
New York Counterpoint

Juan Pedro Espinosa Monteros, clarinet; fixed electronics; Lloyd Van’t Hoff, pre-recorded clarinets

Isaac Santos
a clearing in the woods

Juan Pedro Espinosa Monteros, clarinet; fixed electronics

Phillip Golub
Filters

Phillip Golub, piano

Gladstone Deluxe
3 Phases for Piano

Phillip Golub, piano

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

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

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

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.