Sō in Iowa! Two Nights at Hantcher Auditorium in Iowa City

March 25, 20247:30pm


141 Park Rd, Iowa City, IA 52242
Iowa City, IA 52242, USA

Presented in collaboration with Iowa Percussion at the University of Iowa School of Music 

Part of Hancher’s 51st season

Composer and vocalist Caroline Shaw returns for a second collaboration in this season after performing with the Attacca Quartet in September (a Shaw composition is also on the program for Roomful of Teeth‘s performance in November). This time, the collab is with the adventuresome Sō Percussion, a quartet that has truly redefined chamber music for the 21st century leading The New Yorker to describe the ensemble’s music-making as an “exhilarating blend of precision and anarchy, rigor and bedlam.”

Together, Shaw and the quartet composed Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part, a journey across the soul’s landscape undertaken through distinctly contemporary songs. The artists drew inspiration from sources as varied as James Joyce, ABBA, American roots music, plainchant, Christian hymns, and stories from the Old Testament to create a set of 10 songs that explore working in the soil as a metaphor for collaboration and creativity.

The concert will open with Go Placidly in Haste, a new work composed by Sō Percussion’s Jason Treuting that will be performed with Iowa Percussion from the University of Iowa School of Music.

For these performances, the audience will be seated on the Hadley Stage with the musicians to take in the full power and vibrancy of the music.

October 24, 20257:30am

Babe the blue OX and the Schickele Family Denim Review

Sō Laboratories (Our Home In Brooklyn!)
20 Grand Avenue, #205, Brooklyn, New York 11205

Apparently this band has been making new music for 35 years and didn’t bother to tell many people. Why ruin it? Rose, Eddie, Hanna, Tim, Squiggy, Lemmy, Alfalfa they’ll all be there, with brand new ways to cut in song in pieces. Tell Everyone! Cuz it’s free (donation suggested) and there’s a fridge of beer and seltzer!

November 1, 20258:30pm

Sō Plays Madrid!

Durante 25 años, el cuarteto de percusión ganador de un  Grammy Sō Percussion, ha redefinido la música de cámara del siglo XXI mediante una emocionante combinación de precisión y anarquía, rigor y caos (The New Yorker).

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