Event

Penn Sound Collective: Joseph Franklin and Satoshi Takeishi

Music in the Stacks Performance Series

February 26, 2025 (Wednesday) — 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM

Van Pelt Library - Main Lobby
3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia

This event has been CANCELLED. Please return to this webpage at a later date for potential rescheduling updates.

Joseph Franklin is a composer and bassist from Gunaikurnai country in regional Australia, currently based between Philadelphia (US) and Narrm/Melbourne (AU). His wide-ranging compositional practice combines formal and spontaneous modalities, drawing from experimental music, sound art, instrument design, and foregrounds a distinctive approach to instrumentality.

Satoshi Takeishi, a drummer, percussionist, and arranger, is a native of Mito, Japan. He studied music at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. Whether behind a drum set, a hybrid percussion set, or computer-based electronics, Japanese-born musician/ improviser Satoshi Takeishi strives to "connect contrasting elements beyond genre in quest of the essence" in his performances. After attending Berklee. College of Music, he lived in Colombia, South America, and Miami, FL before arriving in NYC in 1991. He has performed and recorded in a vast variety of genres, displaying styles such as jazz, rock, contemporary classical, avant-garde, experimental electronic, and world music. Takeishi continues to move among a wide range of musical environments and constantly strives to integrate his diverse musical experience and knowledge.

ABOUT PENN SOUND COLLECTIVE

Penn Sound Collective is a group of doctoral fellows in music composition at the University of Pennsylvania presenting and promoting each other's work.

ABOUT MUSIC IN THE STACKS

A collaboration between the Albrecht Music Library and the Department of Music, "Music in the Stacks" brings Penn musicians into library spaces for drop-in, public performances throughout the semester.