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Latest news Announcing Our 16th Season! Sandbox Percussion announces its 2026–2027 season: world premieres by longtime collaborators, a first-ever artistic residency at Trinity Church, and performances at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and 92nd Street Y. Sep 2, 2026

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Calendar

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.

FULL CALENDAR 2026-27 Season #SimeontenHolt #VietCuong #AlbanySymphony #SteveReich #KristinLee #Education #AndyAkiho #DontLookDown #MichaelTorke #TyshawnSorey #ChristopherCerrone #GandiniJuggling #PeabodyInstitute PAST CONCERTS

Acclaim

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TED Talk

April 2026

Sandbox Percussion gave its first TED Talk, bringing its innovative approach to percussion, collaboration, and contemporary performance to a global audience.

In the news: Sandbox Percussion Takes the TED Stage

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GRAMMY® Win

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.

In the news: Don’t Look Down Wins a GRAMMY®

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Tiny Desk Concert

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.

In the news: Sandbox Percussion Plays NPR’s Tiny Desk

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Avery Fisher Career Grant

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.

In the news: Sandbox Percussion Receives the Avery Fisher Career Grant

All Albums

GRAMMY® Winner

Don't Look Down

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.

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GRAMMY® Nominated

Seven Pillars

Critically-acclaimed composer Andy Akiho and Sandbox Percussion announce the release of Akiho’s “Seven Pillars,” a boldly genre-defying audio and video collaboration for percussion quartet.

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Academy Award® Nominee

The Wild Robot

Sandbox Percussion is featured on the new Dream Works film “The Wild Robot.”

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NPR Best of 2026

Canto Ostinato

2026

Simeon ten Holt's minimalist opus, reimagined as a large chamber arrangement by Metropolis Ensemble, Erik Hall, and Sandbox Percussion.

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Renewal

2025

Four works by Viet Cuong with the Albany Symphony and David Alan Miller, including Sandbox Percussion on the world premiere recording of Re(new)al, a concerto for percussion quartet and orchestra.

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And That One Too

The New York-based ensemble Sandbox Percussion releases its debut album, And That One Too (Coviello Classics) on digital retailers Friday, February 28, 2020.

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Bathymetry

‘Bathymetry’ is an album of music for percussion and analog synthesizer by composer, Matt McBane and Sandbox Percussion, to be released on Cantaloupe Music on November 4, 2022.

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Bloom

We’re excited to announce our upcoming album BLOOM, with new music composed for us by Michael Torke, a Pulitzer Prize finalist.

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Wilderness

An innovative piece for percussion quartet, Wilderness seamlessly fuses the raw impact of live percussion instruments with electronic manipulations in real time.

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Education

Residencies

Programs

Residency

Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University

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.

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Residency

The New School - College of the Performing Arts

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.

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Program Applications Closed

Creator Mentorship Program

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.

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Program · The New School · 2026–27 Applications Closed

Sandbox Percussion Seminar

In this intensive experience, participants will learn, rehearse, and perform alongside Sandbox Percussion through daily rehearsals, coachings, and workshops.

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