October 6, 2015 – 7:30 pm
Release concert for Dan Trueman’s “Nostalgic Synchronic”
So member Adam Sliwinski performs Dan Trueman's etudes for the "bitKlavier," his Prepared Digital Piano.
So Percussion plays Dan's "120BPM," pianist Cristina Altamura performs Bach.
October 18, 2015 – 3:00 pm–9:00 pm
Sonic Festival
Performance with JACK String Quartet
January 7, 2016 – 8:00 pm
So Percussion at the New Music Gathering
"Percussion Your Face Off!"
January 16, 2016 – 8:00 pm
The Warren Miller PAC – Big Sky, Montana
So Performs our current repertoire.
January 23, 2016 – 7:30 pm
Winnipeg New Music Festival
David Lang's "man made" with the Winnepeg Symphony.
January 24, 2016 – 7:30 pm
Winnipeg New Music Festival
Bryce Dessner's "Music for Wood and Strings," Steve Reich "Drumming," David Lang's "the so-called laws of nature."
January 27, 2016 – 7:30 pm
Yuba Community College (Marysville, CA)
Reich, Dessner
January 29, 2016 – 7:30 pm
Chamber Music Concerts (Ashland, OR)
Steve Reich, Dan Trueman, John Cage, Bryce Dessner
January 30, 2016 – 7:30 pm
Reich-analia at Third Angle (Portland, OR)
Steve Reich portait concert: Sextet and Drumming
January 31, 2016 – 7:30 pm
University of Washington World Series (WA)
Reich, Kotche, Cage, Dessner
February 4, 2016 – 6:00 pm
Steve Reich’s “Drumming” with UW percussionists (WA)
Free concert of Steve Reich's "Drumming" with UW students.
February 6, 2016 – 7:30 pm
So Percussion + Shara Worden at the Newman Center (CO)
Bryce Dessner, Shara and Sō's "Timeline"
February 12, 2016 – 9:00 pm
Zankel Hall with Shara Worden and Glenn Kotche
So plays new music by Glenn Kotche and Shara Worden at Carnegie.
February 16, 2016 – 8:30 am
Sō Percussion at the TED Conference
"Radical Repatterning" - Sō presents Bryce Dessner's "Music for Wood and Strings" at TED 2016.
February 18, 2016 – 8:00 pm
Brooklyn Bound with Excelsis and There Might be Others
Brooklyn Bound with Excelsis and There Might Be Others
March 10, 2016 – 7:30 pm
“A Gun Show” in Princeton
A GUN SHOW
An exploration of society’s fascination with guns through music, text and movement in collaboration with director Ain Gordon and choreographer Emily Johnson
March 16, 2016, 7:30 pm – March 18, 2016,
“There Might be Others” at New York Live Arts
Movement-based realization of Terry Riley’s seminal masterpiece IN C, performed with a live score by Dan Trueman in collaboration with Mobius Percussion and Sō.
March 19, 2016 – 8:30 pm
Sō Percussion with Buke and Gase (Boston, MA)
Our collaboration with Buke and Gase!
On the Boston Celebrity Series Stave Sessions
March 20, 2016 – 1:00 pm
“Baby Got Bach: Principally Percussion”
Concert geared towards young children, featuring Sō.
April 8, 2016 – 8:00 pm
Sō featuring Dan Trueman at Carleton College (MN)
Sō Percussion featuring Dan Trueman
April 21, 2016 – 8:00 pm
Brooklyn Bound with Man Forever and Tigue
Another installment in our "Brooklyn Bound" series. Free!
May 17, 2016 – 7:00 pm
Sō’s annual Benefit
Our annual benefit honoring Steve Reich and the members of Nexus Percussion!
June 4, 2016 – 7:30 pm
Sō and The PRISM Quartet at the Kimmel Center (PA)
PRISM and Sō Percussion premiere a new work by Steven Mackey and a new arrangement of Donnacha Dennehy’s “The Pale.”
June 7, 2016 – 7:30 pm
Sō and the PRISM Quartet in Brooklyn
PRISM and Sō Percussion premiere a new work by Steven Mackey and a new arrangement of Donnacha Dennehy’s “The Pale.”
July 1, 2016 – 7:30 pm
Sō at Chautaqua (Colorado)
July 9, 2016 – 8:00 pm
Sō at PS21 Chatham (NY)
July 16, 2016 – 8:00 pm
Steve Reich’s “Drumming” on the Lincoln Center Festival
Steve Reich's "Drumming" with Sō Percussion and guests.
July 28, 2016 – 8:00 pm
Sō Percussion “Trilogy” at Lincoln Center Festival: Reich, Dessner, Lang
Part of our "Trilogy" series at the Lincoln Center Festival: Reich, Dessner, and Lang.
July 29, 2016 – 8:00 pm
Sō Percussion’s “Trilogy” at the Lincoln Center Festival: Xenakis, Ergün, Trueman
Sō Percussion's "Trilogy" at the Lincoln Center Festival: Xenakis, Ergün, Trueman.
July 30, 2016 – 8:00 pm
Sō Percussion’s “Trilogy” on the Lincoln Center Festival: Cage, Lansky, Mackey
Sō Percussion's "Trilogy" at Lincoln Center Festival: Cage, Lansky, Mackey.
August 1, 2016 – 4:00 pm
Sō at the Chautauqua Festival (NY)
August 12, 2016 – August 13, 2016
The Eaux Claires Festival
Sō performs with Shara Nova and Buke and Gase at this huge outdoor rock festival.
August 18, 2016 – 7:00 pm
Premiere of “From Out a Darker Sea” in Seaham (UK)
World Premiere of one of our newest original projects, a reflection on the people and history of the North East of England.
September 16, 2016 – 7:30 pm
Lang, Lansky, Cage, and Shaw at Princeton!
SŌ Percussion will offer the first of two free performances in Princeton as part of their Residency at Princeton, including the world premiere of Paul Lansky's 'Springs', commissioned by Chamber Music America.
September 23, 2016, 7:00 pm – September 24, 2016,
A Gun Show at Vermont Performance Lab
Sō previews our newest theatrical work "A Gun Show" in Vermont.
September 29, 2016 – 8:00 pm
Brooklyn Bound – SR9 Trio
Brooklyn Bound is Sō Percussion's homegrown studio series concert. Concerts are free with suggested donation.
October 2, 2016 – 4:00 pm
So with violinist Niklas Walentin at the Phillips Collection. (Wash DC)
So performs Harrison and Cage with violinist Niklas Walentin at the Phillips Collection.
October 12, 2016 – 7:00 pm
Steve Reich “Drumming:” So and University of Akron Percussion Department (OH)
Experience Reich's breakthrough masterpiece for percussion and voice, inspired by the composer’s studies in West Africa.
October 15, 2016 – 8:00 pm
David Lang’s “man made” with the Akron Symphony (OH)
Hometown hero Josh Quillen joins his Sō Percussion in music by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lang with the Akron Symphony.
October 21, 2016 – 7:00 pm
“Music for Wood and Strings” in Nantes, France
Bryce Dessner portrait concert, including our performance of his "Music for Wood and Strings."
November 1, 2016 – 8:00 pm
Steve Reich 80th Birthday Celebration at Carnegie Hall
So performs Reich's "Three Tales" with ICE and David Robertson conducting.
November 18, 2016 – 8:00 pm
Duke Performances with Shara Nova (NC)
So Percussion and Shara Nova: "Timeline"
November 30, 2016, – December 3, 2016,
“A Gun Show” on the BAM Next Wave Festival
Our newest theatrical program "A Gun Show."
December 15, 2016 – 8:30 am
A Notables-Exclusive Event
January 14, 2017 – 8:00 pm
A Gun Show – Burlington, VT
A GUN SHOW
An exploration of society’s fascination with guns through music, text and movement in collaboration with director Ain Gordon and choreographer Emily Johnson.
January 20, 2017 – 7:00 pm
The Anti- Inaugural Ball (NY)
Join us in our response to the current political climate for a night of positive action, deep listening, ecstatic sound, and community.
January 28, 2017 – 7:30 pm
Sō Percussion and the Wright State University Percussion Ensemble (OH)
Join So Percussion on January 28th, 2017 for a weekend residency at Wright State University w/ guest artists Michael Burritt, Nick Angelis, Rob Ferguson, and the Matrix Performing Arts. Free/open to the public.
January 31, 2017 – 7:30 pm
Sō Percussion at Chamber Music Society of Logan (UT)
February 3, 2017 – 7:30 pm
Sō Percussion – University of Utah
February 9, 2017 – 8:00 pm
A Gun Show – College of the Holy Cross (MA)
A Gun Show is an exploration of issues such as race, economic inequality, public safety and constitutional rights through music, text and movement. Free and open to the public.
February 11, 2017 – 8:00 pm
A Gun Show – Museum of Contemporary Arts (MA)
The innovative ensemble Sō Percussion explores America’s fraught relationship with guns in their newly theatrically staged work "A Gun Show."
February 13, 2017 – 7:30 pm
Muldoon’s Picnic – An omnium-gatherum of words and music
February 18, 2017 – 7:30 pm
Sō Percussion at Luther College (IA)
Join Sō Percussion in an evening performance full of some of their staple repertoire and recent commissions during their residency at Luther College, IA.
February 23, 2017 – 8:00 pm
Brooklyn Bound – Long Leash, Angélica Negrón, and TIGUE
March 2, 2017 – 8:00 pm
A Gun Show – Fairfield University (CT)
A Gun Show is an exploration of issues such as race, economic inequality, public safety and constitutional rights through music, text and movement.
March 3, 2017 – 8:00 pm
Institute for Advanced Study: So Percussion
March 7, 2017 – 8:00 pm
Princeton Sound Kitchen: So Percussion + Friends
March 14, 2017 – 7:30 pm
Steve Reich at 80: A Princeton Celebration
Sō Percussion, Princeton University’s Edward T. Cone Artists-in-Residence, will host a celebration of iconic American composer Steve Reich on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at Richardson Auditorium.
March 18, 2017 – 8:00 pm
The Kitchen with Tristan Perich
March 30, 2017 – 8:00 pm
Brooklyn Bound with Sandbox Percussion
April 20, 2017 – 8:00 pm
Brooklyn Bound with Ji-Hye Jung
May 19, 2017 – 8:00 pm
Look and Listen @ BRIC
The Stoop at BRIC Arts | Media House is a public cultural gathering space featuring free, drop-in programming, and offering a place to sit, observe, and participate in multi-disciplinary work.
May 26, 2017 – 7:00 pm
Amid the Noise at National Sawdust
July 16, 2017, – July 30, 2017,
The Ninth Sō Percussion Summer Institute (SōSI)
Here are the events for the Ninth SōSI! Participant and faculty concerts, performances around the Princeton community, lots of fun...
August 1, 2017, 7:30 pm – August 2, 2017, 7:30 pm
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra and Sō Percussion
“The New York standard for percussion innovation.”
– New Yorker on Sō Percussion
Sō Percussion takes the New York premiere of "man made" by David Lang with the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra.
August 2, 2017 – 10:00 pm
A Little Night Music: Sō Percussion (NY)
“This group plays with an irresistible vitality.”
– Washington Post
Come join Sō Percussion for an after party showing of some intimate percussion music.
September 15, 2017 – 7:30 pm
So Percussion @ Princeton University
Come join artists in residence So Percussion for an evening of percussion works by old and new composers!
September 19, 2017 – 8:00 pm
Sō Percussion @ the Eastman Theatre
Praised by the New Yorker for their “exhilarating blend of precision and anarchy, rigor and bedlam,” Sō’s adventurous spirit is written into the DNA passed down from composers like John Cage and Steve Reich.
September 22, 2017 – 8:00 pm
Brooklyn Bound w/Damsel, Jason Treuting & Sō Percussion
Now in its fourth year, Brooklyn Bound is a popular series of concerts at Sō’s working studio in the Navy Yard section of Brooklyn. Casual and intimate, the concerts feature us and emerging ensembles.
September 26, 2017 –
Sō Percussion @ Princeton Sound Kitchen w/ JACK Quartet
October 5, 2017, – October 7, 2017,
Lewis Center Opening w Sō Percussion
October 8, 2017
The October Revolution (Philadephia, PA)
So performs John Luther Adams, John Cage, and a set with Man Forever as part of this eclectic festival!
October 13, 2017
From Out A Darker Sea: Lafayette College
From Out a Darker Sea is inspired by the denizens of Seaham, England, a coastal town that has struggled to reinvent itself after the crushing loss of its mining industry.
Please join us for this U.S. premiere!
October 14, 2017 – 8:00 pm
Sō Percussion @ Chappaqua Performing Arts Center
October 23, 2017, – October 24, 2017,
Sō Percussion @ Penn State University Park
October 26, 2017 – 7:30 pm
San Francisco Performances: Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish and Sō Percussion
Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish and Sō Percussion perform an unforgettable program of music that focuses on the expansive limits of song and collaboration.
October 28, 2017 – 8:00 pm
Sō Percussion with Special Guests Dawn Upshaw and Shara Nova
With their genre-blending productions and sensational interpretations of modern classics, Sō Percussion has redefined the scope and role of the modern percussion ensemble.
November 3, 2017, 7:00 pm – November 4, 2017, 7:00 pm
“man made” with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
David Lang’s virtuosic percussion concerto "man made," crafted from found objects takes the stage with it's first international performance in Vilnius, Lithuania.
November 15, 2017 – 8:00 pm
Sō Percussion @ Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
November 22, 2017 – 6:30 pm
Sō Percussion: From Out a Darker Sea
Brooklyn-based contemporary percussion group So Percussion present an audio-visual exploration of the social history of British coal mining in From Out a Darker Sea.
November 24, 2017 – 8:00 pm
Sō Percussion: From Out a Darker Sea
Brooklyn-based contemporary percussion group So Percussion present an audio-visual exploration of the social history of British coal mining in From Out a Darker Sea.
November 25, 2017 – 8:00 pm
Sō Percussion: From Out a Darker Sea
Brooklyn-based contemporary percussion group So Percussion present an audio-visual exploration of the social history of British coal mining in From Out a Darker Sea.
November 27, 2017 – 7:00 pm
Sō Percussion: Out a Darker Sea
Brooklyn-based contemporary percussion group So Percussion present an audio-visual exploration of the social history of British coal mining in From Out a Darker Sea.
November 28, 2017 – 7:30 am
Sō Percussion In Conversation w/ Amber Films
Brooklyn-based contemporary percussion group So Percussion present an audio-visual exploration of the social history of British coal mining in From Out a Darker Sea.
November 30, 2017 – 7:00 pm
Sō Percussion: From Out a Darker Sea
Brooklyn-based contemporary percussion group So Percussion present an audio-visual exploration of the social history of British coal mining in From Out a Darker Sea.
December 2, 2017 – 7:00 pm
Sō Percussion: From Out a Darker Sea
Brooklyn-based contemporary percussion group So Percussion present an audio-visual exploration of the social history of British coal mining in From Out a Darker Sea.
December 5, 2017 – 7:00 pm
Sō Percussion: From Out a Darker Sea
Brooklyn-based contemporary percussion group Sō Percussion present an audio-visual exploration of the social history of British coal mining in From Out a Darker Sea.
January 19, 2018 – 7:30 pm
Sō Percussion @ James Madison University
January 20, 2018 – 7:00 pm
Candlelight Concert Society presents: Sō Percussion
Groundbreaking percussion quartet Sō Percussion presents a program of 20th century American classics, new works, and original compositions by their own members.
February 17, 2018 – 7:00 pm
Sō Percussion @ University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
March 1, 2018 – 7:30 pm
Sō Percussion @ Richardson Auditorium
March 6, 2018 – 7:00 pm
Sō Percussion w JACK Quartet @ Carnegie Hall
Two powerhouse new-music ensembles come together for an evening of premieres, including a work by Carnegie Hall’s Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair Philip Glass.
March 11, 2018 – 7:30 pm
Sō Percussion @ the John F. Kennedy Center
A journey in ambience, rhythm, and texture featuring composers from California's past and present exploring works by Lou Harrison, Steve Reich, Nathaniel Stookey, and Mason Bates.
March 20, 2018 – 7:30 pm
Sō Percussion @ Samford University
March 31, 2018 – 5:00 pm
Festival de Música Religiosa de Popayán
April 5, 2018 – 7:30 pm
Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Dawn Upshaw and Sō Percussion
Five-time Grammy-winning soprano Dawn Upshaw is joined by one of today's leading percussion quartets, So Percussion. This contemporary pairing brings an exciting freshness to meaning collaboration.
April 7, 2018 –
Sō Percussion @ the Modlin Center for the Arts
April 8, 2018 – 7:30 pm
Sō Percussion with the University of Kentucky Percussion Ensemble
April 12, 2018 – 6:00 pm
Living at the Intersection Symposium @ Princeton University
The Symposium will open with a performance of There Might Be Others (link is external) and showcase of works on Thursday evening April 12, 2018.