Sunday July 24, at Caramoor Music Center in Katonah, NY, Michael Gordon’s Field of Vision is premiered by conductor Doug Perkins and the University of Michigan percussion ensemble along with So Percussion Summer Institute Fellows. The work continues up the East Coast to PS 21 in Chatham, NY on Monday July 25, then to North Adams, MA on July 29 for Bang on a Can’s LOUD Weekend at Mass MoCA…
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Doug Perkins
Sunday, May 5, 2013
XY performed by Doug Perkins at Constellation in Chicago
Field of Vision (2022) 60'
36 percussionists
Caramoor Center for the Arts

Field of Vision premieres
Field of Vision
Field of Vision (2022) is a 60-minute, large-scale, outdoor work for 36 percussionists. Commissioned by the Caramoor Center for the Arts, it is performed on specially-constructed tuned percussion instruments, industrial metals, and gongs — each a resonant instrument that produce a complex spectrum of overtones and resonances. The number of percussionists and the vast playing field highlights the perspective and the architectural movement of sound.
Field of Vision (excerpt) at Mass MoCA (North Adams, MA) July 27, 2022
Doug Perkins conducting University of Michigan percussion and SoSI
Field of Vision (excerpt) at Caramoor (Katonah, NY) July 24, 2022
Doug Perkins conducting University of Michigan percussion and SoSI