Talea Ensemble

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

Two more days to apply to join us for the 2026 Recoding Workshop!

UPDATE: Deadline extended to April 8, 2026

Applications are open for Talea’s Early Career Composer Recording Workshop, taking place in NYC between June 7-14, 2026! There’s no fee to apply. The week includes rehearsals and a high-quality recording of a recently composed chamber work, professional development events (which will be open to the public as well), and a public concert featuring the workshop composers. Selected composers receive travel reimbursement up to $800 to join us in NYC for the workshop.

Music creators based in the US who identify as early-career (aged 18+) are welcome to apply. The program is especially geared towards composers who have not yet had opportunities for recordings by professional chamber ensembles. We’re looking for pieces up to 15 minutes for 3-11 musicians, and the available instrumentation this year is: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano, percussion, violin, viola, cello, bass, and conductor.

We look forward to getting to know your work! Visit www.taleaensemble.org/recording-workshop for the application.

Thanks for partnering on this program and offering recording space!

Thanks Ben Gambuzza and The Brooklyn Rail for this feature on our Clinton Hill venue at the Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew and our efforts to turn this beautiful space into a growing hub for musical creativity!

“Talea is an ensemble of record, insofar as they guide and ride the tide of the latest innovations in composition, they keep an account of the history of music while it’s happening. Talea has a lot of other meanings, too. One of them comes from agriculture: a small branch that one plants in the soil to grow a tree.”

A New Music Tree Grows in Brooklyn | The Brooklyn Rail The Talea Ensemble, one of the most exacting and serious new music ensembles in New York, has been bouncing around from venue to venue since pianist-composer Anthony Cheung and percussionist Alex Lipowski founded the group in 2007.