String Theory
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 · 6:30 PM
Sandbox Percussion Studio, Brooklyn NY
We are thrilled to partner up with String Theory for a live virtual concert broadcast from our studio in Brooklyn, NY. This concert will take place over Zoom.
NOV 7 Seven Pillars at 92nd St Y Sandbox returns to 92NY with Andy Akiho's Pulitzer-finalist, Grammy-nominated evening-length Seven Pillars.
NOV 15 Andy Akiho Portrait Concert Andy Akiho joins Sandbox for their UMS debut at Rackham, with arrangements of his earliest works, Seven Pillars selections and new Pentalateral excerpts.
NOV 19 Legacy of Steve Reich: Drumming Sandbox and the students they've mentored perform Steve Reich's minimalist masterpiece Drumming at Trinity.
NOV 22 Prophecies of Fire The New York premiere of John Luther Adams’s Prophecies of Fire, which Sandbox Percussion premiered in 2024, at The New School.
April 2026
Sandbox Percussion gave its first TED Talk, bringing its innovative approach to percussion, collaboration, and contemporary performance to a global audience.
February 2026
Sandbox Percussion’s album Don’t Look Down, featuring music by Christopher Cerrone, won the GRAMMY® Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical at the 68th Annual GRAMMY Awards.
March 2025
Sandbox Percussion made its NPR Tiny Desk debut with music by Andy Akiho and Viet Cuong, showcasing the ensemble’s inventive and collaborative approach to percussion performance.
March 2024
The GRAMMY®-nominated ensemble Sandbox Percussion, a quartet of established leaders in contemporary art music and percussion, received a 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant on March 20, 2024.
Multi-GRAMMY® nominee-Christopher Cerrone’s new album is a decade-long journey through sound, collaboration, and innovation. From the first sketches of Goldbeater’s Skin in 2015 to the final touches on Ode To Joy in 2023, these works reflect his deep connection and friendship with Sandbox Percussion.
Sandbox Percussion serves on the faculty of the Peabody Institute Percussion Department, bringing the ensemble’s internationally recognized expertise in contemporary performance, collaboration, and new music to one of the nation’s leading conservatories.
We are thrilled to be part of the faculty at Mannes School of Music and to serve as an Ensemble-in-Residence at The New School, continuing our work with the students and community of Mannes.
The Sandbox Percussion Creator Mentorship Program is a multi-month commissioning and collaborative residency that pairs emerging composers closely with the percussion quartet to cultivate deep artistic relationships and premiere new works.
In this intensive experience, participants will learn, rehearse, and perform alongside Sandbox Percussion through daily rehearsals, coachings, and workshops.
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Website: Henry Wang · SoundPost Studio
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 · 6:30 PM
Sandbox Percussion Studio, Brooklyn NY
We are thrilled to partner up with String Theory for a live virtual concert broadcast from our studio in Brooklyn, NY. This concert will take place over Zoom.



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