Sandbox Percussion’s multiple versions of Jason Treuting’s ‘extremes’ are an awesome example of how a great composition can renew itself with each interpretation.
Sandbox Percussion gave its first TED Talk, bringing its innovative approach to percussion, collaboration, and contemporary performance to a global audience.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The New York-based ensemble Sandbox Percussion releases its debut album, And That One Too (Coviello Classics) on digital retailers Friday, February 28, 2020.
‘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.
An innovative piece for percussion quartet, Wilderness seamlessly fuses the raw impact of live percussion instruments with electronic manipulations in real time.
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 honored to join The New School College of Performing Arts as Ensemble-in-Residence and very excited to bring our annual Summer Seminar to Mannes. It is a great privilege to work with such talented students as part of The New School’s prestigious faculty at our home base – New York City.
Sandbox is thrilled to announce the launch of our Creator Mentorship Program this year! Applications are closed. Thank you for your interest in the Creator Mentorship Program!
In this intensive experience, participants will learn, rehearse, and perform alongside Sandbox Percussion through daily rehearsals, coachings, and workshops.
Grammy-nominated ensemble Sandbox Percussion brought its boundary-pushing approach to contemporary music and collaboration to the TED stage in 2026, marking the group’s first appearance at the internationally renowned conference.
Known for commissioning, performing, recording, and teaching innovative music for percussion, Sandbox Percussion has become one of the leading voices in contemporary chamber music through close collaborations with living composers and a commitment to expanding the sonic possibilities of percussion performance. Their work frequently incorporates unconventional instrumentation — from crystal glasses and ceramic bowls to found objects and electronics — creating immersive sound worlds that challenge and redefine traditional concert experiences.
The TED appearance marked an exciting new platform for the ensemble, allowing them to share not only their music, but also their ideas surrounding experimentation, collaboration, and the evolving future of contemporary performance. Their presentation highlighted the ensemble’s belief that percussion can function simultaneously as rhythm, texture, melody, theater, and storytelling.
Over the past decade, Sandbox Percussion has appeared at venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series, while touring extensively throughout Europe, Asia, and North America. The ensemble can also be heard on the soundtrack to DreamWorks’ The Wild Robot, where they helped create the film’s distinctive percussion-based sound world.
Sandbox Percussion’s TED debut took place during TED2026: All of Us, a day of programming centered on sound, listening, creativity, and innovation.
Read more about TED2026 and Sandbox Percussion’s appearance at the conference.
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.
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.
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.
