TAK ensemble

TAK ensemble was founded in 2013 and performed their first concert in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on May 4, 2013.

TAK's debut album, Ecstatic Music: TAK plays Taylor Brook, was released on New Focus Recordings in 2016 and was featured as Q2 Music's Album of the Week by WQXR and listed in the Top 10 Classical Albums of 2016 by the Boston Globe.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/12/22/top-classical-albums/Rez6Oe3mNajrKx1ycHKaQM/story.html|title=Top 10 classical albums |first=Zoë|last= Madonna |date=22 December 2016|work=The Boston Globe|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-07}} Their second album, Sanctuary, with Mario Diaz de Leon, was released on Denovali Records.{{Cite web|url=https://denovali.com/mariodiazdeleon/|title=MARIO DIAZ DE LEON - CYCLE AND REVEAL [CD{{!}}LP{{!}}DIGITAL]|website=denovali.com|access-date=2020-04-07}} Their third album, Oor—with works by Natacha Diels, Tyshawn Sorey, Ann Cleare, Ashkan Behzadi, David Bird, and Erin Gee—was the inaugural release on their in-house media label, TAK editions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.icareifyoulisten.com/2019/12/editors-picks-2019-contemporary-classical-albums/|title=Editor's Picks: 2019 Contemporary Classical Albums|last=Cook|first=Amanda|date=2019-12-10|website=I CARE IF YOU LISTEN|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-07}} The TAK editions Podcast was launched in fall 2019 and features interviews with guests with whom the ensemble collaborates. Ensemble Pamplemousse's four-volume Lost at Sea is the label's second release and came out in September 2019.

TAK ensemble has premiered over 150 works since their founding, collaborating with composers such as David Bird, Taylor Brook, Erin Gee, Ashkan Behzadi, Tyshawn Sorey, Natacha Diels, Jessie Marino, Brandon Lopez, Bethany Younge, Diana Marcela Rodriguez, Seth Cluett, Julien Malaussena, Michelle Lou, Eric Wubbels, and many others. The ensemble has recently performed at the Library of Congress,{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/concerts/quince-tak-founders-day.html|title=Quince Ensemble & TAK Ensemble, October 30 at 8:00 PM (Concerts from the Library of Congress, 2018-2019)|website=www.loc.gov|access-date=2020-04-07}} Harpa, Miller Theater,{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Miller-Theatre-at-Columbia-University-School-of-the-Arts-Announces-The-FallSeason-Of-POP-UP-CONCERTS-20190812|title=Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts Announces The Fall Season Of POP-UP CONCERTS|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-07}} Look and Listen Festival,{{Cite web|url=http://www.lookandlisten.org/festival/2019-festival/|title=2019 Look + Listen Festival|website=Look + Listen|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-07}} Cluster Festival,{{Cite web|url=http://www.themanitoban.com/2019/03/cluster-festival-returns-for-10th-edition/36930/|title=Cluster Festival returns for 10th edition|date=2019-03-01|website=The Manitoban|language=en-CA|access-date=2020-04-07}} Grypario Cultural Center,{{Cite web|url=http://www.ekathimerini.com/241466/article/ekathimerini/whats-on/tak-ensemble--myconos--june-12--13|title=TAK Ensemble {{!}} Myconos {{!}} June 12 & 13 {{!}} Kathimerini|website=www.ekathimerini.com|language=English|access-date=2020-04-07}} Roulette Intermedium,{{Cite web|url=https://roulette.org/artist/tak-ensemble/|title=TAK Ensemble Archives|website=Roulette|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-07}} Scandinavia House,{{Cite web|url=http://www.scandinaviahouse.org/events/icelandic-composer-collective-errata-series/|title=ICELANDIC COMPOSER COLLECTIVE ERRATA SERIES {{!}} SH Events|website=Scandinavia House|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-07}} La Sala Rossa,{{Cite web|url=https://innovationsenconcert.ca:443/event/architak/?lang=en|title=Innovations en concert :: ArchiTAK|last=Arts|first=Rocketday|website=Innovations en concert|access-date=2020-04-07}} The Music Gallery,{{Cite web|url=https://musicgallery.org/events/tak-plays-ashkan-behzadi-darren-creech/|title=TAK: Love, Crystal and Stone + Darren Creech|website=The Music Gallery|language=en-CA|access-date=2020-04-07}} Abrons Art Center,{{Cite web|url=https://www.abronsartscenter.org/on-stage/shows/katherine-brook-tele-violet-power-emotion-apartment-world-premiere/|title=Katherine Brook / Tele-Violet: The Power of Emotion: The Apartment [World Premiere]|website=Abrons Arts Center|access-date=2020-04-07}} Mount Tremper Arts, The Invisible Dog,{{Cite web|url=https://www.tristancoelho.com/tak-ensemble-call-for-scores-winner/|title=TAK Ensemble Call for Scores Winner {{!}} Tristan Coelho {{!}} Music|language=en-AU|access-date=2020-04-07}} La Mama Experimental Theater Club, Issue Project Room, and others.

TAK often collaborates with composers and artists to produce large-scale events or concerts, including a recent collaboration with Qubit New Music entitled "21st Century Sound Stories" with theatrical works by Qubit composers, David Bird, Alec Hall, and Aaron Einbond.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/classical-music/21st-century-sound-stories|title=21st Century Sound Stories|magazine=The New Yorker|language=en|access-date=2020-04-07}} From 2014 to 2016 TAK ensemble worked with TELE-violet, director Katherine Brook, writer Shonni Enelow, and composer Taylor Brook to produce "The Power of Emotion," an evening-length work of experimental music theater.

TAK ensemble has collaborated with departments at Columbia University,{{Cite web|url=https://music.columbia.edu/events/tak-ensemble-performs-works-by-columbia-composers|title=TAK Ensemble performs works by Columbia Composers|date=2020-02-05|website=Columbia University Department of Music|language=en|access-date=2020-04-07}}{{Cite web|url=https://music.columbia.edu/events/columbia-composers-concert-with-tak-ensemble|title=Columbia Composers Concert with TAK Ensemble|date=2016-09-05|website=Columbia University Department of Music|language=en|access-date=2020-04-07}}{{Cite web|url=https://music.columbia.edu/events/tak-ensemble-plays-columbia-undergraduate-composers|title=TAK Ensemble Plays Columbia Undergraduate Composers|date=2017-04-26|website=Columbia University Department of Music|language=en|access-date=2020-04-07}} Stanford University,{{Cite web|url=https://arts.stanford.edu/event/82172/|title=Music presents: TAK Ensemble – Stanford Arts}} University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University,{{Cite web|url=https://events.cornell.edu/event/cccp_presents_takntime_cu_music|title=CCCP presents TAKnTime: CU Music|website=Cornell|language=en|access-date=2020-04-07}} New York University,{{Cite web|url=https://nyu-waverlylabs.org/tag/tak/|title=tak {{!}} NYU Waverly Labs for Music & Computing|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-07}} Williams College,{{Cite web|url=https://music.williams.edu/events/io-fest-iota-ensemble/|title=I/O Fest – IOTA Ensemble|website=Music|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-07}} Saint Cloud State University,{{Cite web|url=https://huskiesconnect.stcloudstate.edu/event/2792413|title=TAK Ensemble Performance|website=huskiesconnect.stcloudstate.edu|language=en|access-date=2020-04-07}} McGill University,{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/music/channels/event/tak-ensemble-reading-student-works-270647|title=TAK Ensemble: Reading of student works|website=Music|language=en|access-date=2020-04-07}} Oberlin College and Conservatory,{{Cite web|url=https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/tak_ensemble_open_masterclass_qa|title=TAK Ensemble: Open Masterclass / Q&A|website=Oberlin College and Conservatory|language=en|access-date=2020-04-07}}{{Cite web|url=https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/mmg_presents_tak_ensemble_david_bird|title=MMG Presents: TAK Ensemble + David Bird|website=Oberlin College and Conservatory|language=en|access-date=2020-04-07}}{{Cite web|url=https://allevents.in/oberlin/tak-ensemble-david-bird-residency/200019105098237|title=TAK Ensemble + David Bird Residency|website=allevents.in|language=en|access-date=2020-04-07}} the Delian Academy of New Music,{{Cite web|url=https://www.evs-musikstiftung.ch/en/prize/prizes/grants-aid-2019/akademienworkshops-englisch/delian-academy-new-music-2019.html|title=Delian Academy for New Music 2019|website=www.evs-musikstiftung.ch|language=en|access-date=2020-04-07}} Boston University,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bu.edu/calendar/?uid=216891@17.calendar.bu.edu&day=2018-11-26|title=TAK Ensemble Concert · Calendar · Boston University|website=www.bu.edu|access-date=2020-04-07}} University of New Orleans,{{Cite web|url=https://hearhearnola.org/calendar_event/niente-forte/|title=Niente Forte Concert|website=Hear Hear NOLA|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-07}} Tulane University, the New York Philharmonic Very Young Composers, and the Juilliard School's Music Advancement Program.

TAK is composed of five performers and two technical directors. All members of TAK are co-artistic directors.

• Laura Cocks (flutes, executive director)
• Madison Greenstone (clarinets)
• Marina Kifferstein (violin)
• Ellery Trafford (percussion)
• Charlotte Mundy (voice)
• David Bird (technical director)
• Taylor Brook (technical director)

• Liam Kinson (clarinet): 2013–2015
• Carlos Cordeiro (clarinet) 2016–2019

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• Ecstatic Music: TAK plays Brook (New Focus, 2016);{{Cite web|url=https://www.newfocusrecordings.com/catalogue/ecstatic-music-tak-ensemble-plays-taylor-brook/|title=Ecstatic Music: TAK Ensemble plays Taylor Brook {{!}} Catalogue|website=New Focus Recordings|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-07}} Works by Taylor Brook
• Sanctuary with Mario Diaz de Leon (Denovali, 2018)
• Oor (TAK editions, 2019); Works by Ashkan Behzadi, Erin Gee, Tyshawn Sorey, David Bird, Natacha Diels, and Ann Cleare
• Ghost Layers (New Focus, 2020);{{Cite web|url=https://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/scott-l-miller-ghost-layers|title=Scott L. Miller: Ghost Layers, by TAK Ensemble|website=New Focus Recordings|access-date=2020-04-07}} Works by Scott L. Miller
• Star Maker Fragments (TAK editions, 2021); Works by Taylor Brook

• Mouthpiece 28 (TAK editions, 2019); Composed by Erin Gee, directed by TAK, filmed by Cutting Bird Media, edited and produced by Laura Cocks
• The Colors Don't Match (TAK editions, 2019); Composed by Natacha Diels, filmed and produced by Natacha Diels and Annie Hornier
• Amalgam (New Focus, 2016); Composed by Taylor Brook, filmed and produced by David Bird
• Idolum (Live);{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z4qzpw/hear-a-handsfree-guitar-play-a-haunting-melody|title=Hear a Handsfree Guitar Play a Haunting Melody|last=Mufson|first=Beckett|date=2015-04-06|website=Vice|language=en|access-date=2020-04-07}} Composed by Taylor Brook, filmed and recorded by Michael Kohlbrenner and Bart Courtright for Hooke Audio, Hooke Live Sessions
• Series Imposture (Live); Composed by David Bird, filmed and recorded by David Bird and Taylor Brook

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• [http://www.takensemble.com/ Official website]

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Category:Musical groups from New York City

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