Sō Percussion

Through its sensational interpretations of collaborator, Caroline Shaw (with whom modern classics, innovative multi-genre Sō has a new album due this season); original productions, and “exhilarating David Lang’s man made and Lully’s Le blend of precision and anarchy, rigor and Bourgeois gentilhomme with Louis bedlam,” (The New Yorker), Sō Langrée and the Cincinnati Symphony; Percussion has redefined the scope and dates in Paris, Lithuania, and throughout role of the modern percussion ensemble, the US. Sō also collaborated with placing it at the leading edge of 21st- choreographer John Heginbotham on a century music. new ballet, RACECAR, premiered as part of The Washington Ballet’s season- Sō’s repertoire ranges from 20th century opening production, NEXTsteps. works by John Cage, Steve Reich, and Iannis Xenakis, et al, to commissioning This season Sō celebrates its sixth year as and advocating works by contemporary the Edward T. Cone Performers-in- composers such as David Lang, Julia Residence at Princeton University and Wolfe, Steven Mackey, and Caroline welcomes the appointment of flutist, Shaw, to distinctively modern composer, and vocalist Nathalie collaborations with artists who work Joachim as the ensemble’s outside the classical concert hall, inaugural Andrew W. Siegel Composition including Shara Nova, choreographer Fellow. 19/20 also marks the release of Susan Marshall, The National, Bryce album collaborations with Dan Trueman Dessner, and many others. and the JACK Quartet (Songs that are Hard to Sing, from New Amsterdam), and Sō Percussion’s original productions – with indie duo Buke and Gase. including From Out A Darker Sea, Where “Through a mix of consummate (we) Live, and Jason Treuting’s Amid the skill and quirky charm, this Noise – employ a distinctively 21st Valid for use until 1 September 2021 mercurial quartet has helped to century palette of original music, artistic For updated versions please contact [email protected] ignite an explosive new collaboration, theatrical production values and visual art, yielding powerful enthusiasm for percussion music explorations of the human experience. old and new.” The New York Times In December 2019, Sō Percussion made a triumphant return to Carnegie Hall for a sold-out performance of “A Percussion Century,” a sprawling exploration of the modern percussion repertoire including works by composers Cage, Lang, Reich, and Xenakis, as well as works by Carlos Chávez, Johanna Beyer, and the New York premiere of Sō’s newest

commission, Forbidden Love, a string quartet by Julia Wolfe. Other 19/20 highlights include a Miller Theatre Composer Portrait of frequent Sō

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