Globally celebrated for peerless virtuosity and unbounded curiosity, new-music powerhouse quartet So Percussion has thrilled BAM audiences alongside composer Steve Reich, and in their own genre-mashing triumphs Where (we) Live, Imaginary City and A Gun Show. For this intimate eight-concert residency, the pulse is unstoppable as these hometown heroes weave together classical and pop music styles into something new, original and inviting.
Week one brings So together with Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw to perform a staged work of selections from their two most recent acclaimed collaborations, Rectangles and Circumstance and Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part. The show also features Ringdown, Shaw's brilliant art-pop duo with partner Dannie Lee. The evening-length show is called Who Turns Out the Light, a theatrical creation staged by visionary director and filmmaker Mark DeChiazza.
Then during week two, So welcomes genre-bursting innovators This Is the Kit (Kate Stables) and Helado Negro (Roberto Carlos Lange) for four evenings of unpredictable musical fusion. Look for reworked songs from each composer’s beloved catalog and brand-new collaborations bursting with sonic invention and rhythmic joy.
It’s not just a concert series—it's a sonic revolution in eight acts.
