TALEA ENSEMBLE

Introducing 2026 Recording Workshop Fellows!

Join us for a free concert on Thursday, June 11th at 7:30 PM featuring works by the 2026 Recording Workshop Fellows.

Bahar Royaee: ...Sands spoke; underneath them, the waves returned to the lighthouse… (2024)

Jaebong Rho: ludus cyclus (2024)

Logan Barrett: Four Times (2024-25)

Luis Miguel Delgado Grande: Hálitos (2017)

Jeffrey Fong: In Between (2025)

Iranian composer and sound designer Bahar Royaee creates acoustic and electroacoustic music that has been described as “succeed(ing) as a poetic incantation, brimming with ideas and colors” by Classical Voice North America and as “haunting” by Boston Arts Review. A recipient of the 2025 Opera America Discovery Grant and the prestigious 2022 Fromm Foundation Commission Award, Royaee composes across a wide range of genres, including opera, theater, film, and chamber music. Her work has been performed by ensembles and artists such as the International Contemporary Ensemble, Splice Ensemble, Ensemble der gelbe Klang, FabrikQuartet, and Lamnth. Recent performances of her music include appearances at the Ojai Music Festival with Ross Karre, the ECLAT Festival in Germany with FabrikQuartet, the La Biennale di Venezia in Italy with Hannah Levinson, Festspiele in Germany with Opus21 Ensemble (2024), Composer Conference Gala (2024), Ultraschall Berlin with Muriel Razavi (2023), the Berlin Prize for Young Artists with Adam Woodward (2023), ICE Festival Germany with Ensemble Tempus Konnex (2022), the Tehran Electroacoustic Music Festival, and the TIME:SPANS with the International Contemporary Ensemble and Suzanne Farrin.

Jaebong Rho creates listening experiences that begin after the final sound, translating pressing social and psychological questions into rigorous musical forms. He recently served as Composer-in-Residence for the Korean National Symphony Orchestra (2024–25) and was named a 2026 Composition Fellow at the Aspen Music Festival. His music has been performed by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, IEMA-Ensemble, and the Lucerne Festival Academy, earning recognition including the ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Award and the ARTZenter Emerging Composer Grant. Currently pursuing his Master of Music at the Yale School of Music, Rho will begin his PhD in Composition at Princeton University in the fall of 2026.

Logan Barrett is a composer, audio engineer, and pianist currently based in Buffalo, New York. Fascinated both by the narrative possibilities new technology can bring to musical performance and the role of musical traditions in society, he seeks to write music that is both engaging and thought-provoking. His current interests include musical meta-narrative, queerness, and abstraction. His works include compositions for chamber ensembles, solo performance with electronics, and compositions which use live electronics. His work has been performed by ensembles and musicians including Byte Duo, the New Jersey Percussion Quartet, the .abeceda new music ensemble, Dieter Hennings, and Carlos Cordeiro. Recent projects include live electronic sound design for The Hundred Windows in collaboration with musician Annika Bently, video artist Christine Banna, and the Mount Hope World Singers, as well as Restart, a piece for two saxophones and interactive electronics premiered at the North American Saxophone Alliance. He is currently a PhD candidate at the Eastman School of Music and serves on the composition faculty at the State University of New York at Fredonia.

Luis Miguel Delgado Grande is a Colombian composer, violinist, and artistic researcher based in Pittsburgh, where he is a Ph.D. candidate in Composition and Music Theory at the University of Pittsburgh and a 2025 Andrew W. Mellon Predoctoral Fellow. His acoustic and electroacoustic music engages memory, encounter, and shared time as compositional concerns, drawing on the textures of urban life, collective experience, and social urgency. Recipient of the 2025 Young Composers Award from the Bank of the Republic of Colombia, which commissioned Siete Mil Años en Amarillo for Cepromusic (premiered at the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City), he has also written on commission for Barcelona Modern Ensemble, Unheard-of//Ensemble, ensemble .abeceda (Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026), Sigma Project, SydeBoob Duo, among others. His acousmatic installation In Vitro, a camera obscura piece set in Bucaramanga's abandoned Plaza San Mateo, was commissioned by Siemens Stiftung for the Espacios Revelados / Changing Places program. His music has also been performed by JACK Quartet, International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), Quatuor Diotima, and Nois Quartet, with residencies at the National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA) of the Russian Federation in Nizhny Novgorod, the Virginia Center for Creative Arts, and the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh. His scores are published by Babel Scores, Paris.

Notable for his dazzling instrumentation and contrapuntal complexity, Fong is a Cantonese-Canadian composer whose works explore the intersection of Baroque and contemporary expression across chamber, vocal, and orchestral mediums. His upcoming projects include a close collaboration with the internationally acclaimed SandBox Percussion, culminating in a premiere given by the ensemble. The first composer to receive the AIDA Fund Award from La Fondation Jeunesses Musicales Canada, Fong has worked alongside Sir James MacMillan, Oscar Bettison, Christos Hatzis, and Julian Anderson, and is currently based in New York completing his Master’s degree in composition at the Mannes School of Music with Lowell Liebermann.

Recording Workshop 2026 Application

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Talea Recording Workshop in New York City: June 7-14, 2026

Applications Due Wednesday, April 8th at 11:59 PM EST (extended)

Announcing the Talea Ensemble's 2026 Recording Workshop! Between June 7-14, 2026 in New York City, Talea will work with a group of early-career composers to workshop recently written pieces and produce a high-quality professional recording for the composer’s future use. The week will also feature a public performance of the workshopped pieces. Free of cost to participants, this program seeks to support early-career composers by addressing the barriers they face in reaching professional milestones. Workshops, recording sessions, and performance will take place between June 7-14, 2026 at the Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew in Brooklyn and at Queens College; final schedule to be announced.

Composers/creators of written music of all ages (18+) based in the U.S. may apply. We welcome participants of all musical styles, genres, and educational backgrounds. This program is recommended for composers who identify as in their early stages of their career who have not had extensive experience working with professional ensembles. Composers who have not had their work recorded by professional chamber ensembles are especially encouraged to apply.

Each participant will be offered travel reimbursement up to $800 towards transportation to New York and accommodation, to ensure that travel expenses do not pose a barrier to participation.

Application Deadline: April 8th, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST

We plan to notify all applicants before the end of April, so that selected participants can make travel plans.

DATES & DEADLINES

Application Deadline: April 8, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST

Notification of Applicants: We plan to notify all applicants by late-April, so that selected participants can make travel plans.

Workshop: June 7-14, 2026

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Through the application, we want to get to know you, your work, and how you feel the workshop will help further your artistic and professional pursuits. It’s free to apply. Here is an overview of the application:

Work Samples:

We’ll ask you to share a score to the ensemble work for 3-11 musicians that you would like Talea to record, as well as the score to another recent original work of any instrumentation. In addition to the scores, you have the option to submit recordings (non-professional or midi are fine) in the form of audio/video links. Recordings are not required to apply.

Project Statement:

In under 250 words, tell us how participating in this workshop will help you to achieve your artistic and professional goals.

Background:

Have you had any of your work recorded by a professional chamber music ensemble? (Yes/No) If yes, please tell us when, and which ensemble.

Upload a CV, resume, or bio – it’s up to you.

Professional Development:

What topics would you be interested in learning about in the panel discussions and artist talks as a part of the workshop?

Availability:

Will you be available to join Talea in-person for the entirety of the workshop from June 7-14, 2026 in New York City?

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

How do you define early-career?

This program is recommended for composers of any age who have not had extensive experience working with professional ensembles. Composers who have not had their work recorded by professional chamber ensembles are especially encouraged to apply.

Am I eligible if I’m a student?

Yes, as long as you are over 18.

Will you consider workshop and recording works with electronics or multimedia components?

Normally we love working with electronics, but unfortunately we aren’t able to accommodate works with electronics for the 2026 workshop.

What instrumentation is available for the recording?

Talea will workshop and record works of up to 15 minutes for 3-11 players. The following instrumentation is available for the 2026 workshop (one of each player): Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Bassoon, French Horn, Piano, Percussion, Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass, Conductor. Standard doublings may be considered.