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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.

Creator Mentorship Program

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What will applicants submit?

  • Name, email address, mailing address
  • Resume highlighting professional activities, recent artistic work, and education (1 page)
  • Short selfie-style video, answering the questions: “What excites you about the idea of collaborating with a percussion quartet? How will this project be an important step in your development as an artist?” (2 minutes or less)
  • Work samples – 1-2 existing works
    • Send one audio recording (midi or otherwise) with a corresponding “score” (graphic, illustration, western notation, whatever “score” means to you)
    • OPTIONAL – send one additional work (scores and/or recordings)
  • OPTIONAL – 1 short letter of recommendation from someone that you’ve collaborated with in the past

If you have any trouble with the application form, please send an email to mentorship@sandboxpercussion.com

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.

Chosen composers will be awarded:

  • $2,000 honorarium
  • Reimbursement of up to $800 in travel expenses for in-person workshops in Brooklyn, NY
  • A performance of your new work during the following year
  • A video recording of your new work

We hope to identify artists who believe they will benefit artistically and professionally from this opportunity, who are excited to create work for percussion quartet, and who are excited to foster meaningful relationships by working closely for many months. Ultimately, we aim to place greater value in each composer’s creative process.

Sandbox is committed to creating a diverse repertoire, and we encourage applications from artists from marginalized backgrounds.

Winners of our 2025-26 Creator Mentorship Program!

  • Euna Joh
  • Jeffrey Fong

Winners of our 2024-25 Creator Mentorship Program!

  • Arjan Singh Dogra
  • Ted Babcock

Winners of our 2023-24 Creator Mentorship Program!

  • Iseul Kim
  • Wenbin Lyu

Winners of our 2022-23 inaugural Creator Mentorship Program!

  • JaRon Brown
  • Lila Meretzky

This program is supported in part by:

The New York State Council on the Arts – with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature

Public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

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