Splinter Percussion presents an evening of percussion quartets, trios, and duets that oscillate between the meditative and jarring. The program will feature modern works by Juri Seo, Jason Treuting, Marc Mellits, Elliot Cole, and Donnacha Dennehy. The sonic landscape will oscillate between meditative keyboard harmonies and explosions of percussive sound, with thick rhythmic layers and shifting meters designed to make your mind melt. We hope there will be something for everyone to enjoy and to be challenged by.
Splinter Percussion is a percussion collective founded by local musicians Mitchell Beck, Storm Benjamin, Stephen Karukas, and Rebekah Ko. The organization is rooted in collaboration, accessibility, and community building. We are born out of Ballard and serve the greater Seattle area.
One of the greatest challenges with programming chamber percussion programming is the vast footprint required to set up the instruments. Another challenge is acquiring and storing said instrumentation. The added challenge of existing in a city with continually rising costs on space is restrictive for those who want to program specific pieces, those who just want to play, and those who are simply curious. Splinter Percussion seeks to remove those barriers and become a percussion instrument, facility, and personnel resource for the Northwest. Our objective is that with time, we can bring percussion chamber music out of the university halls and into the community.