MACCM Projects & New Music Events

Ongoing Projects Across the College of Musical Arts

The annual Bowling Green New Music Festival

RESONATE - a multi-year collaboration that will explore the African Diaspora through the lens of contemporary American chamber music in partnership with Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings, the Carr Center, Oberlin College-Conservatory, the University of Michigan, Michigan State, and Western Michigan.

Additional seasons of Living American Composers: New Music from Bowling Green, produced in partnership with WGTE Public Media

EAR|EYE: Listening and Looking, a collaborative project featuring BGSU DMA students performing at the Toledo Museum of Art

New Music from Bowling Green, a multi-year recording project featuring the Bowling Green Philharmonia

Ongoing partnerships in collaboration with the Klingler Electro-Acoustic Residency (KEAR)

The annual Toledo Symphony Orchestra Composer Readings

Student composer performances, residencies, and special events through the Composition Department

Music at the Forefront 25-26

A showcase for exceptional performers of contemporary music

TAK at Bryan Recital Hall on Monday, September 29, 8 p.m.

Regarded as “one of the most prominent ensembles in the United States practicing truly experimental music” (I Care If You Listen), TAK delivers energetic performances "that combine crystalline clarity with the disorienting turbulence of a sonic vortex” (The WIRE), and “impresses with the organicity of their sound, their dynamism and virtuosity” (New Sounds, WQXR).

TAK is a mixed-quintet committed to musical exploration, experimentation, commissioning new works, and collaborating with composers and other artists. Since their founding in 2013, they have premiered hundreds of works. Recent collaborations include large-scale works by Eric Wubbels, Michelle Lou, Brandon López, Tyshawn Sorey, and Weston Olencki. The group has performed internationally at IntACT Festival (Thailand), Music Current Festival (Ireland), Cluster Festival (Canada), Harpa Concert Hall (Iceland), and the Delian Academy (Greece), among many others, and enjoys an active schedule of domestic touring in the U.S. 

The quintet has released seven albums to critical acclaim; recent records have been described as “sublime art… a masterpiece,” (AnEarful), and “one of the most distinct and eclectic releases of the year” (I Care If You Listen). Their recorded output features collaborations with Mario Diaz de Leon, Taylor Brook, Erin Gee, Brandon López, Ann Cleare, Tyshawn Sorey, Seth Cluett, Natacha Diels, Scott L. Miller, David Bird, and Ashkan Behzadi. Their most recent release, Love, Crystal and Stone, brought together composer Ashkan Behzadi, scholar Saharnaz Samaienejad, painter Mehrdad Jafari, and design-house Sonnenzimmer to fuse poetry, visual art, original essays, and music into an experience-based hybrid publication. The ensemble’s 2019 album Oor launched their in-house media label, TAK editions, that aims to support recorded musical endeavors from across the experimental music communities, highlighting direct conversations with artists through the TAK editions Podcast. Recent TAK editions releases have included those of Ensemble Interactivo de La Habana, Ensemble Pamplemousse, Nina Dante + Bethany Younge, and several of TAK’s own recordings. 

Deeply committed to educational collaborations, TAK has conducted residencies at dozens of colleges and universities including Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, Princeton, and many others. The ensemble has also collaborated with younger musicians and composers at the Walden School, the New York Philharmonic’s Very Young Composers Program, and Juilliard’s Music Advancement Program. TAK served as the Long-term Visiting Ensemble in Residence at University of Pennsylvania from 2022-23. 

TAK comprises Laura Cocks (flute), Madison Greenstone (clarinet), Charlotte Mundy (voice), Marina Kifferstein (violin), and Ellery Trafford (percussion).

The experimental and exciting contemporary ensemble, TAK, will perform at Bryan Recital Hall in the Moore Musical Arts Center, at 8 p.m. as part of the “Music at the Forefront” concert series sponsored by the MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music and the Klingler Electroacoustic Residency (KEAR). The concert is free and open to the public.

TACET(i) at Bryan Recital Hall on Monday, March 30, 8 p.m.

Established in 2014, Tacet(i) is Southeast Asia’s leading new music ensemble dedicated to creating new compositions by both local and international composers and artists. Tacet(i) explores new works that integrate elements of music technology, improvisation, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Annually, Tacet(i) premieres and collaborates on over 50 new pieces per year, showcasing its repertoire in Thailand, Asia, Europe, and the United States.

The ensemble has been performing in festivals such as Thailand New Music and Arts Festival (TNMAS), China-ASEAN New Music Festival (China), Tesselat Collective Collaboration Project (Japan), Cornell Council of Arts (CCA, New York), Crossover Contemporary Music (Netherlands), Diffused Portrait (United Kingdom),IntAct Festival (Thailand), International Computer Music Conference – ICMC (China), Spectrum New York (USA), Thailand-European Composers (Netherlands) and many more. Tacet(i) is awarded and funded by prestigious organizations and supporters such as Siam Cement Group Foundation (SCG Foundation, Thailand), British Council Grants – Connection through Cultures (CTC – UK),Office of Contemporary Art And Culture (Thailand), Japan Foundation Grants (Japan), Prohelvetia, Swiss Art Council (Switzerland), Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music (PGVIM, Bangkok), Cornell Council of the Arts (USA), Vasinee Food Corp (USA). Recently, the ensemble was broadcasted by CNN Worlds as a part of the composer’s interview, Piyawat Louilarpprasert’s exclusive interview, “Young and Gifted the series: Meet the rebel Thai composer taking music to unheard heights.

Tacet(i) was founded by Piyawat Louilarpprasert with a group of Thai contemporary musicians with strong intention to lead the new music scene in Thailand since 2014. In recent years, Tacet(i) has conducted residencies and creative projects at esteemed institutions in Asia, Europe, and the USA, including the Amsterdam Conservatory (Netherlands), Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University (Thailand), Chiang Mai University (Thailand), College of Music – Mahidol University (Thailand), Chinese University of Hong Kong in Shenzhen (China), Cornell University (USA), Graduate Center CUNY (USA), Guangxi Arts University (China), Ithaca College (USA), Royal College of Music (UK), Royal Academy of Music (UK), Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University (USA), Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music (Thailand), Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (Singapore), and Zurich University of the Arts (Switzerland).

In 2024, Tacet(i) celebrates its 10th anniversary. The ensemble remains committed to enriching the contemporary music scene locally in Southeast Asia and globally. Tacet(i) pursues this mission through dedicated research in sound studies, technology, and interdisciplinary exploration, fostering collaborations with diverse artists, composers, and performers.

For more information regarding Tacet(i) performances and events: www.tacetiensemble.com and www.tmaomusic.com