| September 8, 2022 | |
| 7:30 pm | |
| Winston-Salem, NC | |
| Gerald Freedman Theater | |
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Sandbox Percussion will perform “Seven Pillars,” a boldly genre-defying audio and video collaboration for percussion quartet, by critically acclaimed composer Andy Akiho. Called “a lush, brooding celebration of noise” by The New York Times, the recording of the work was nominated for a Grammy Award for best classical composition and best chamber music performance.
“Seven Pillars” consists of seven ensemble movements and one solo movement for each member of Sandbox, developed through multiple extended residencies at Avaloch Farm Music Institute. Akiho and Sandbox expanded the collaborative circle by commissioning 11 video artists to create original films for “Seven Pillars” — one film for each movement of the work. These collaborative videos encompass the worlds of dance, animation, experimental narrative film, time-lapse, and more. The instrumentation includes traditional instruments such as vibraphone, glockenspiel and marimba, with some found percussion sounds like glass bottles and metal pipes.