Stay tuned for applications to the 2026/27 Sandbox Percussion Seminar.

Sandbox Percussion Summer Seminar

The New School

ABOUT THE SUMMER SEMINAR

The Sandbox Percussion Summer Seminar is an immersive week of chamber music, performance, and creative collaboration led by the members of Sandbox Percussion. Designed for percussionists and chamber ensembles at a range of levels, the seminar offers participants the opportunity to work closely with all four members of Sandbox through daily rehearsals, coachings, workshops, and masterclasses.

Throughout the week, participants explore a diverse range of contemporary percussion and chamber music, developing their performance skills while engaging deeply with the collaborative and creative processes that define professional ensemble playing. Participants work in small ensembles and receive intensive coaching from each member of Sandbox, with opportunities for hands-on collaboration, experimentation, and discussion.

Beyond the music, the seminar provides insight into the many aspects of building and sustaining a career as a professional chamber musician. Evening masterclasses and discussions address artistic development, collaboration, programming, rehearsal techniques, and the practical realities of life as a performing ensemble.

The week culminates in a public performance featuring the participants alongside Sandbox Percussion, celebrating the work developed throughout the seminar and bringing together a community of emerging musicians, educators, and professional artists.

Stay tuned for applications to the 2026/27 Sandbox Percussion Seminar.

Seminar Participant Application Process

All students must submit an application below and will be required to provide the following:

• Written OR selfie-style video response (approximately 250 words OR a 1-minute video) explaining why you want to come to the Sandbox Percussion Seminar, what you are hoping to learn, and what you are hoping to share.

• Three links to recordings (preferably video) of yourself playing:
  • One solo on a mallet instrument
  • One contrasting piece of your choice, on an instrument of your choice
  • One additional chamber music performance consisting of 2-8 players including yourself

PRE-EXISTING ENSEMBLES: A list of all group members (NB: each member must submit an application form), as well as any additional information you would like to share about your group.

OBSERVATION PASS