Talea Ensemble

On October 9th, we spotlight the work of Amadeus Regucera Amadeus Julian Regucera! It’s an evening devoted to the captivating sound world, physicality, and expressiveness of Amadeus’s music. On the program are ensemble pieces OPHELIA, SKRWL, RAW, and UNFEELING, as well as the premiere of a new duo for bassoon and bass drum (performed by Adrian Morejon & Sae Hashimoto).
https://www.taleaensemble.org/events
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The work of Amadeus Julian Regucera (b.1984) engages with the embodied and acoustical energy of sound and the erotics of its production through concert music, installation, performance art, and video.

His music has been performed by musicians and ensembles such as the Talea Ensemble, Alarm Will Sound, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Linea, EXAUDI vocal ensemble, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, vocalist Elaine Mitchener, violinist Jennifer Koh, Splinter Reeds, Duo Cortona, Third Sound, and the University of California, Berkeley Symphony Orchestra.

In addition to concert music, his practice intersects with visual and performance art, most notably in RIGOR, a collaboration with visual artist Nicolás Rupcich and commissioned by violinist Jessica Ling; Absence in relief an audio-visual installation commissioned by InterMusicSF and Indexical for the Radius Art Gallery, Santa Cruz, California; IMY/ILY – a monodrama for solo percussionist, commissioned by Andy Meyerson (The Living Earth Show); The trauma you keep safe is the pain your pass along for flutist, performer, and video; and the installation Communication, for the Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten in Graz, Austria.

Amadeus currently serves as Senior Curator, Arts & Music at the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
https://www.amadeusregucera.com

Drumroll… 🥁 Please join us in welcoming Talea’s newest member, percussionist Mike Truesdell Mike Truesdell!

Come say hi to Mike Truesdell in person at our concerts this season! Some of Mike’s first New York City performances were George Aperghis’ Happy End and Pierluigi Billone’s Mani.Long with Talea, and Mike says that members of Talea have remained his closest musical friends to this day.

Outside of rehearsals and performances with Talea, Mike can be found as a percussion faculty member at Ithaca College and Cornell University, where he shares his passions for living composers, composers of various deadness, and music from around the world with his students. At the moment, he is most proud of his video recordings (available on his YouTube page) and his beautiful shish*to pepper plant.
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We remain endlessly grateful for Matt Gold’s many years as a beloved core member (and later also staff member) of Talea and have been excitedly following Matt’s impactful work as Music Programs Director as PS21.

Please save the dates and join us this season! Just a few upcoming highlights:

🗓️Talea Synchronisms: musician-curated concerts 9/22 (note new date), 12/1, 2/2, and 4/6

🗓️ 10/9 First composer spotlight concert, featuring Amadeus Julian Regucera 🌟

🗓️ 10/29 World premiere of Suzanne Farrin’s opera Macabea (concert version) Miller Theatre

See the full calendar and get tickets at www.taleaensemble.org/events. Student tickets for self-presented concerts are pay-what-you-wish.

Had the best time working with five talented, thoughtful composer fellows at this year’s Recording Workshop. Thanks to Logan Barrett Logan Barrett, Luis Miguel Delgado Grande Luis Miguel Delgado Grande, Fong Fong | Composer, Jaebong Rho Jaebong Rho, and Bahar Royaee Bahar Royaee, as well as the ensemble and production team for a truly uplifting week of workshops, discussions, and recording 🎶💚

And we are grateful to Aaron Copland School of Music for offering recording space. Recordings coming soon!

Today! All events are free and open to the public, at the Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew (520 Clinton Ave, Brooklyn, NY):

3pm: Musicians’ panel discussion with Laura C***s and Greg Chudzik on rehearsal / collaborative best practices, score preparation, and more.

4pm: Grant writing workshop for composers with Talea Director of Development Stephanie Liu

7:30pm: FREE concert of works by , .by.sibelius, , , . Kindly RSVP for the concert on our website at: https://www.taleaensemble.org/events

Join us for three free, public professional development events and a concert this week as part of Talea’s Composer Recording Workshop! All events take place at the Church of St.
Luke and St. Matthew (520 Clinton Ave, Brooklyn, NY).

🗓️ Wednesday, 6/10 at 4pm: Composer talk with Chaya Czernowin & Steven Takasugi

🗓️ Thursday, 6/11 at 3pm: Musicians’ panel discussion with Laura C***s and Greg Chudzik on rehearsal / collaborative best practices, score preparation, and more.

🗓️ Thursday, 6/11 at 4pm: Grant writing workshop for composers with Talea Director of Development Stephanie Liu

🎶 Thursday, 6/11 at 7:30pm: FREE concert of works by , .by.sibelius, , , . Please RSVP for the concert on our website at: https://www.taleaensemble.org/events

Join us for three free, public professional development events and a concert this week as part of Talea’s Composer Recording Workshop! All events take place at the Church of St.
Luke and St. Matthew (520 Clinton Ave, Brooklyn, NY).

🗓️ Wednesday, 6/10 at 4pm: Composer talk with Chaya Czernowin & Steven Takasugi

🗓️ Thursday, 6/11 at 3pm: Musicians’ panel discussion with Laura C***s and Greg Chudzik on rehearsal / collaborative best practices, score preparation, and more.

🗓️ Thursday, 6/11 at 4pm: Grant writing workshop for composers with Talea Director of Development Stephanie Liu

🎶 Thursday, 6/11 at 7:30pm: FREE concert of works by , .by.sibelius, , , . Please RSVP for the concert on our website at: https://www.taleaensemble.org/events