{"691206":{"#nid":"691206","#data":{"type":"event","title":"GT Arts Presents: S\u014d Percussion","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhat happens when world-class percussion meets cutting-edge technology? Discover the answer as GRAMMY Award-winning S\u014d Percussion joins forces with the Georgia Tech Laptop Orchestra for an unforgettable live performance. Featuring robotic instruments, interactive electronics, and immersive soundscapes, this groundbreaking concert reimagines what music can be when innovation and artistry collide. Every piece pushes creative boundaries, blending human performance with technology in ways that are surprising, playful, and impossible to replicate. Whether you\u0027re passionate about music, engineering, computer science, or simply curious about what\u0027s possible, this one-of-a-kind collaboration is an experience you won\u0027t want to miss.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EArtist\u2019s bio:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor 25 years and counting, Grammy-winning percussion quartet S\u014d Percussion has redefined chamber music for the 21st century through an \u201cexhilarating blend of precision and anarchy, rigor and bedlam\u201d (The New Yorker). They are celebrated by audiences and presenters for a dazzling range of work: for live performances in which \u201ctelepathic powers of communication\u201d (The New York Times) bring to life the vibrant percussion repertoire; for an extravagant array of collaborations in classical music, pop, indie rock, contemporary dance, and theater; and for their work in education and community-building, seeking to explore the immense possibility of art in our time.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo celebrate its 25th anniversary season, S\u014d Percussion releases 25\u00d725 on Cantaloupe Music in September 2025, an 8-disc box set featuring 500 minutes of entirely new and previously-unreleased recordings of 21st century music, each piece written for, in collaboration with, and premiered by S\u014d Percussion. 25\u00d725 includes works by Bora Yoon, Kendall K. Williams, V\u00e2n-\u00c1nh V\u00f5, Dan Trueman, Jason Treuting, Olivier Tarpaga, Shodekeh Talifero, Caroline Shaw. Juri Seo, claire rousay, Tristan Perich, Ang\u00e9lica Negr\u00f3n, Andrea Mazzariello, Steven Mackey, Michael J. Love, Leilehua Lanzilotti, Nathalie Joachim, Robyn Jacob, Vijay Iyer, Suzanne Farrin, Cenk Erg\u00fcn, Donnacha Dennehy, Dan Deacon, Eric Cha-Beach \u2013 and S\u014d Percussion as a writing group!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERecent highlights include\u0026nbsp;a headlining series of concerts and collaborations at Bang on a Can\u2019s LOUD Weekend at MASS MoCA, leading a festival-opening of Steve Reich\u2019s Drumming with the composer in the audience; a two-week residency at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in two programs, including collaborations with Helado Negro and Kate Stables (This is the Kit) and with Caroline Shaw featuring Ringdown performing a program highlighting their GRAMMY-winning Nonesuch album, Rectangles and Circumstance (Best Chamber Music \/ Small Ensemble Performance, 2025). S\u014d has performed concerts at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Big Ears, Cal Performances, the BOZAR in Brussels, 92NY, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Penn Live Arts in Philadelphia, the Hancher Auditorium at the University of Iowa, the Library of Congress; toured Benin and Burkina Faso with Olivier Tarpaga \u2013 and elsewhere.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlong with 25\u00d725, S\u014d has a catalog of more than thirty albums featuring landmark recordings of works by David Lang, Steve Reich, Julia Wolfe, Caroline Shaw, Steven Mackey, Bobby Previte, Matmos, and many others.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERooted in the belief that music is an elemental form of human communication, and galvanized by forces for social change, S\u014d enthusiastically pursues a range of social and community outreach through their nonprofit umbrella, including an ongoing partnership with Pan in Motion; the S\u014d Laboratories concert series; a studio residency program in Brooklyn; and the S\u014d Percussion Summer Institute, an intensive two-week chamber music seminar for percussionists and composers they have led annually since 2009. The members of S\u014d Percussion are the Edward T. Cone Performers-in-Residence at Princeton University \u2013 a role they\u2019ve held for more than a decade.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ES\u014d Percussion is Jason Treuting, Adam Sliwinski, Josh Quillen, and Eric Cha-Beach.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhat happens when world-class percussion meets cutting-edge technology? Discover the answer as GRAMMY Award-winning S\u014d Percussion joins forces with the Georgia Tech Laptop Orchestra for an unforgettable live performance. Featuring robotic instruments, interactive electronics, and immersive soundscapes, this groundbreaking concert reimagines what music can be when innovation and artistry collide. Every piece pushes creative boundaries, blending human performance with technology in ways that are surprising, playful, and impossible to replicate. Whether you\u0027re passionate about music, engineering, computer science, or simply curious about what\u0027s possible, this one-of-a-kind collaboration is an experience you won\u0027t want to miss.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EArtist\u2019s bio:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor 25 years and counting, Grammy-winning percussion quartet S\u014d Percussion has redefined chamber music for the 21st century through an \u201cexhilarating blend of precision and anarchy, rigor and bedlam\u201d (The New Yorker). They are celebrated by audiences and presenters for a dazzling range of work: for live performances in which \u201ctelepathic powers of communication\u201d (The New York Times) bring to life the vibrant percussion repertoire; for an extravagant array of collaborations in classical music, pop, indie rock, contemporary dance, and theater; and for their work in education and community-building, seeking to explore the immense possibility of art in our time.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo celebrate its 25th anniversary season, S\u014d Percussion releases 25\u00d725 on Cantaloupe Music in September 2025, an 8-disc box set featuring 500 minutes of entirely new and previously-unreleased recordings of 21st century music, each piece written for, in collaboration with, and premiered by S\u014d Percussion. 25\u00d725 includes works by Bora Yoon, Kendall K. Williams, V\u00e2n-\u00c1nh V\u00f5, Dan Trueman, Jason Treuting, Olivier Tarpaga, Shodekeh Talifero, Caroline Shaw. Juri Seo, claire rousay, Tristan Perich, Ang\u00e9lica Negr\u00f3n, Andrea Mazzariello, Steven Mackey, Michael J. Love, Leilehua Lanzilotti, Nathalie Joachim, Robyn Jacob, Vijay Iyer, Suzanne Farrin, Cenk Erg\u00fcn, Donnacha Dennehy, Dan Deacon, Eric Cha-Beach \u2013 and S\u014d Percussion as a writing group!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERecent highlights include\u0026nbsp;a headlining series of concerts and collaborations at Bang on a Can\u2019s LOUD Weekend at MASS MoCA, leading a festival-opening of Steve Reich\u2019s Drumming with the composer in the audience; a two-week residency at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in two programs, including collaborations with Helado Negro and Kate Stables (This is the Kit) and with Caroline Shaw featuring Ringdown performing a program highlighting their GRAMMY-winning Nonesuch album, Rectangles and Circumstance (Best Chamber Music \/ Small Ensemble Performance, 2025). S\u014d has performed concerts at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Big Ears, Cal Performances, the BOZAR in Brussels, 92NY, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Penn Live Arts in Philadelphia, the Hancher Auditorium at the University of Iowa, the Library of Congress; toured Benin and Burkina Faso with Olivier Tarpaga \u2013 and elsewhere.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlong with 25\u00d725, S\u014d has a catalog of more than thirty albums featuring landmark recordings of works by David Lang, Steve Reich, Julia Wolfe, Caroline Shaw, Steven Mackey, Bobby Previte, Matmos, and many others.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERooted in the belief that music is an elemental form of human communication, and galvanized by forces for social change, S\u014d enthusiastically pursues a range of social and community outreach through their nonprofit umbrella, including an ongoing partnership with Pan in Motion; the S\u014d Laboratories concert series; a studio residency program in Brooklyn; and the S\u014d Percussion Summer Institute, an intensive two-week chamber music seminar for percussionists and composers they have led annually since 2009. 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