Event

PSC + TAK

March 16, 2019 (Saturday) - 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM

ARCH Auditorium
3601 Locust Walk
University of Pennsylvania

The Department of Music at Penn is pleased to present new works by composers apart of Penn Sound Collective (PSC) and performed by TAK Ensemble. This concert is free and open to the public.

Penn Sound Collective

Erin Busch

Nathan Courtright

Flannery Cunningham

James Diaz

Joshua Hey

Ania Vu

Jacob Walls

TAK Ensemble

Laura Cocks, flute

Carlos Cordeiro, clarinet

Charlotte Mundy, voice

Marina Kifferstein, violin

Ellery Trafford, percussion

TAK is a quintet that delivers energetic and virtuosic performances of contemporary classical music. The ambitious ensemble “impresses with the organicity of their sound, their dynamism and virtuosity — and, well, just a dash of IDGAF as they slay the thorniest material like it’s nothing” (WQXR, Q2 Music). Dedicated to the commissioning of new works and direct collaboration with composers and other artists, TAK promotes ambitious programming at the highest level, fostering engagement both within the contemporary music community and the artistic community at large. Their debut album “Ecstatic Music: TAK plays Taylor Brook” was released by New Focus Recordings in September 2016, to critical acclaim; it was featured as Q2 Music’s Album of the Week by WQXR, and was listed in the Top 10 Classical Albums of 2016 by The Boston Globe, which praised the “young, fearless players… fluid grace and confidence.”