Sō Percussion Benefit
Sō Percussion and its Board of Directors invite you to a very special benefit concert and party to celebrate our 25th Anniversary and honor Janet Cowperthwaite
WEDNESDAY MAY 7, 2025
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC (BAM)
BAM Fisher
321 Ashland Pl
Brooklyn, NY 11217
WHO TURNS OUT THE LIGHT
Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion
featuring Ringdown
Directed by Mark DeChiazza
7:30
Performance
BAM Fisher Stage
After
Cocktails, Canapés and Concert
BAM Fisher 4th Floor
Tickets: $500*
Or Celebrate Sō and Janet with a Journal Ad:
$500 or $1000 for Half or Full Page
Please email Journal Ad materials to tim@sopercussion.com by April 25.
* Feel free to buy tickets for yourself and friends, or as donations and we will distribute them, with your compliments, to our extended family of colleagues and friends who wouldn’t otherwise be able to attend!
Honoring Janet Cowperthwaite
For 43 brilliant years, Janet Cowperthwaite was the manager of the Kronos Quartet and the founding Executive Director of the non-profit Kronos Performing Arts Association. As young performers, we looked up to Janet and founder David Harrington at Kronos as superheroes – people who took an art form hundreds of years old and made it relevant, exciting and progressive. But it was always their fearless sense of collaboration that inspired us most, and that we wholeheartedly embraced. Janet blazed more trails than we can possibly count. And she always took time to answer our questions and help us navigate our budding career. Janet, you are without question a Sōperhero!
—Eric, Josh, Adam, & Jason
ABOUT SŌ PERCUSSION
Sō Percussion is: Eric Cha-Beach, Josh Quillen, Adam Sliwinski, & Jason Treuting
Over the last 25 years, Sō Percussion has evolved from a graduate school student group to a Grammy-winning ensemble that has toured the world. They have worked collaboratively with some of the greatest performing artists and composers of our age, and cemented the concept of a percussion chamber ensemble and its repertoire as fixture in the world of classical music at the highest levels.
Learn more details about Sō’s journey of the last quarter-century:
Sō’s Board of Directors:
Russell Makowsky, chair; Michelle Preston, vice-chair; Rachel Elson, treasurer; Dr. Dawn K. Batson; Astrid Baumgardner, JD, PCC; Walter K. Booker; Jazmin Correa, Charles Fournier, Jonathan Greeney, Joon Hur, Catherine Koh Stillman, David Lang, Steve Mackey; Andrea Miller; Doug Perkins, Grace Row; Dr. Larry Snider
Questions? Contact Executive Director Tim Thomas at tim@sopercussion.com
