Sandbox Percussion

METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE PRESENTS

Sandbox Percussion performs works by Andy Akiho, Christopher Cerrone, Viet Cuong, and Julia Wolfe, as part of Cerrone’s Reiterations series with Metropolis Ensemble, featuring vocalist Elspeth Davis

Sunday, February 24, 2019
Caveat / 21 A Clinton Street / New York, NY
4:30pm (doors) / 5:00pm (event)
Tickets: $15 in advance / $20 at door

Composer Christopher Cerrone’s Reiterations series with Metropolis Ensemble closes with Sandbox Percussion and Elspeth Davis joining as solo vocalist. They present Cerrone’s large-scale work for voice and percussion quartet, Goldbeater’s Skin, featuring text by poet G.C. Waldrep. The evening also features works by Andy Akiho, Viet Cuong, and Julia Wolfe.

on the program

Andy Akiho: Empty Your Mind

Christopher Cerrone: Goldbeaters Skin

Viet Cuong: Water, Wine, Brandy, Brine

Julia Wolfe: Dark Full Ride

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS

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ANDY AKIHO / COMPOSER

Described as "mold-breaking," "alert and alive," "dramatic," and "vital" by The New York Times, Andy Akiho is an eclectic composer and performer of contemporary classical music. Recent engagements include commissioned premieres by the New York Philharmonic… READ MORE

CHRISTOPHER CERRONE / COMPOSER

Christopher Cerrone (b. 1984) is internationally acclaimed for compositions characterized by a subtle handling of timbre and resonance, a deep literary fluency, and a flair for multimedia collaborations. In the 2018–19 season… READ MORE

VIET CUONG / COMPOSER

Called “alluring” and “wildly inventive” by The New York Times, the “ingenious” and “knockout” (Times Union) music of Viet Cuong (b. 1990) has been performed on six continents by musicians and ensembles such as Sō Percussion… READ MORE

ELSPETH DAVIS / MEZZO-SOPRANO

Elspeth Davis is a Brooklyn-based mezzo-soprano specializing in contemporary chamber music. This season, she sang György Ligeti’s Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedüvel with Sandbox Percussion. She will be performing it again over the… READ MORE

SANDBOX PERCUSSION

Lauded by The Washington Post as “revitalizing the world of contemporary music” with “jaw- dropping virtuosity,” and “a bombshell of raw-talent” by I Care if You Listen, Sandbox Percussion has established themselves… READ MORE

JULIA WOLFE / COMPOSER

Julia Wolfe’s music is distinguished by an intense physicality and a relentless power that pushes performers to extremes and demands attention from the audience. She draws inspiration from folk, classical, and rock genres… READ MORE