Described as “virtuosic and utterly mesmerizing” by The Guardian and praised for “revitalizing the world of contemporary music” by The Washington Post, Sandbox Percussion has established itself as a leading proponent for contemporary percussion chamber music. Brought together by their love of chamber music and the simple joy of playing together, Sandbox Percussion captivates audiences with performances that are both visually and aurally stunning. Through compelling collaborations with composers and performers, Jonathan Allen, Victor Caccese, Ian Rosenbaum and Terry Sweeney seek to engage a wider audience for classical. Please subscribe and enjoy!
As a music teacher and musician, I always receive or find inspiration. This, I add to all those wonderful works across many styles, periods and genres. 'Cantique de Jean racine' 'Kreutzer sonata string quartet' 'Chopin piano nocturne no.1' 'Appalacian Spring'. Thank you for this amazing performance
Amazing music and the whole project - visuals, dance... Is there any info on recording this? Sounds so good, very clean and detailed sounds... mics and micing techniques used?
It was a pleasure seeing you guys perform this at MATCH last night! Thanks for signing that drum head, by the way! -CC Connolly (the lefty with the rainbow skirt)
Update: We performed it! It took us a whole year to learn, and we couldn't even do the last third of it where the polyrhythm gets more complex. We're super huge fans (specially of Victor, cuz he made the song), and we all agree this is our favorite percussion piece we've ever done in our still very young career! Thank you for being so exceptional, but Victor pleasee make an easier song next time T_T.
Thanks for playing it and glad you like the piece! I know this is a difficult piece to play. Especially the end. Thanks for your hard work! Hopefully some easier music coming in the future :)
Ive been searching for my next Reich piece to really get into, this is definitely the one. Great performance. I played piano phase at age 18, obsessed over the tape loop pieced, fell for Muskc for 18 musicians and a few others, but since I moved to the country it's been harder to get into his very big city sounding pieces. This one appeals to me more than most though, especially with the meditative middle section
This was absolutely amazing 🤩 I cannot believe the amount of creativity that I just witnessed. I never would have thought these instruments could be played and sound like that. My favorite movements were Pillar VI and VII. I loved the way these movements sounded. Again just very creative. I thought the way the vibraphone was played in Amethyst was very interesting. I've never seen the vibraphone played in such a way before. mARImbA reminded me of the first piece of music I composed, "The Theory of Mystery- Jose Estrada" because it had a mysterious vibe throughout this solo movement. Absolutely amazing work. This piece really shows what great effort, time, and dedication can do. Very well done! 👏
Wow, the new trend of putting adds in the middle of a piece of music like this is truly annoying! But the pieces of music as well as the performance are fantastic.
