A few times per month, Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall is graced with the sounds of original music written by people who are studying and teaching right in our midst.
Some of them are our preceptors, others our professors.
They all share a love of music, and they reflect that passion with original songs that they write for various instruments.
The graduate students and faculty members who form the Composers' Ensemble at Princeton are seeing what they learn and teach come alive through performances.
The group seeks to promote the work of its members through regular concerts that are open to the public.
These concerts showcase both their old and new compositions for the Princeton community.
Next week's concert will feature visiting professor and distinguished British composer Judith Weir and graduate composers Tae Hong Park, Sharon Zhu, Brooke Joyce, Randall Bauer, Emily Doolittle and Ted Coffey.
Weir's piece is entitled "Music for 247 Strings," written for violin and piano.
Park's "T1" is composed for trumpet and tape. Zhu' s works are "Express" for solo flute and "Faded Sea" for solo viola. "Artefacto" for violin and piano is Joyce's piece. Doolittle's work is field music for solo clarinet, and Coffey's is "Patriarch Insomnia" for tape and dancers.
"It's a unique opportunity for graduate students in composition to work with professional performers in rehearsals and to hear their pieces before they reach a bigger audience," said Zhu, who is a preceptor for MUS 104: When Music is Made.
Musicians are hired for each concert according to the particular program to be performed, making the instrumentation of the ensemble highly flexible.
The concerts are co-organized by the Department of Music and the Concert Office, and they are co-sponsored by the Department of Music and Friends of Music in Princeton.
The two directors for the concerts this year are Michael Pratt — the University Orchestra conductor — and Music professor Paul Lansky.
The concert will be Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Taplin Auditorium. Admission is free.
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