Christopher Cerrone's debut album with Pentatone, featuring Sandbox Percussion with pianist Conor Hanick, mezzo-soprano Elspeth Davis, and produced by Mike Tierney.  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. Opening with Don’t Look Down (2020), a work

In 2017, when Hannah Ishizaki was still in high school, the premiere of her work City of Bridges made her the youngest woman ever to be...

After meeting in graduate school in 2011, members Terry Sweeney, Jonny Allen, Victor Caccese, and Ian Rosenbaum created Sandbox...

"At 12 minutes it was, if anything, too short. I left wanting more." Excerpts from review by by Peter Connors For Bachtrack Roderick Cox...

“ “We all screamed when we heard that score was nominated, and so deservedly. The lack of dialogue meant that one of the biggest voices...

The opera “Primero Sueño” translates Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz’s poem about the soul’s journey into a musical promenade around the...

The highlight of the festival was Christopher Cerrone’s “In a Grove,” a haunting psychological thriller with a libretto by Stephanie...

Excerpts from review by Joshua Myers for CapitalBop Tyshawn Sorey Trio, photo: John Rogers; Sandbox Percussion, photo: Kjell van Sice...

Excerpts from Gramophone feature Andy Akiho’s landmark percussion work Seven Pillars , first performed in 2021, extends the scope of...

“Beaufort Scales” is composer Christopher Cerrone’s dramatic and alluring music for women’s voices and electronics, performed by the...