Doug Perkins is a GRAMMY nominated percussionist, producer, and conductor who has been declared a “percussion virtuoso” by the New York Times. He has appeared everywhere from Carnegie Hall, the Barbican Center to the Alaskan Tundra. Doug has worked with composers like John Luther Adams, Tristan Perich, Michael Gordon, David Lang, Paul Lansky, Roshanne Etezady, Christian Wolff, Sofia Gubaidulina, and Steve Reich. He founded the percussion quartet So Percussion, and the Meehan/ Perkins Duo. He directed and produced John Luther Adams’ Inuksuit on Cantaloupe Records and it was named one of 2013’s top records by NPR, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the New Yorker, and Time Out New York. His recording of Tristan Perich’s Drift Multiply made 2020 “Best Of” lists of the New York Times, NPR, PopMatters, and Bandcamp. His most recent recording of John Luther Adams’ Sila: The Breath of the World was nominated for a 2023 GRAMMY for Best Orchestral Performance . Organizing large-scale outdoor musical events that encourage new ways of experiencing live music has been central to Perkins’ work in the last decade. He brought productions from the middle of Central Park Lake to the shores of California and the peaks of the Dolomites in Italy. Doug directed the premiere of Michael Gordon’s Field of Vision for 36 percussionists in 2022 and most recently co-directed the New York Premiere of John Luther Adams’ Crossing Open Ground at Lincoln Center in April 2024. www.dougperkins.com