
Current Season

Dance Collaboration
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

Generals Concert
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

Attacca Quartet (1/2)
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

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

Sō Percussion (2/2)
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

Sō Percussion (1/2)
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

Hub New Music
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

TAK
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.