Doug Perkins specializes in new works for percussion as a chamber
musician and soloist. This has taken him throughout North America and
Europe including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Brooklyn Academy
of Music, the Spoleto USA Festival, and the World Expo in Lisbon,
Portugal. He was a founding member of So Percussion and is presently
at work with the Meehan/ Perkins Duo.
Commissioning and collaborating on new work is important to Doug. To
that end, he works regularly with such composers as David Lang, Steve
Reich, Paul Lansky, John Luther Adams, Nathan Davis, John Zorn, and
Evan Ziporyn. He also performs regularly with groups such as the
International Contemporary Ensemble, Alarm Will Sound, Camerata
Pacifica, Collage New Music, Max Roach's M' Boom, and the electronica
duo Matmos.
Doug currently teaches at Dartmouth College where he teaches
percussion and is the Director of the Contemporary Music Lab, the
Annual Festival of New Music and the concert series The Way to Go Out.
Doug received degrees from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of
Music (BM), Yale University (MM/ AD), and Stony Brook University (DMA)
with additional Doctoral studies at the Eastman School of Music where
he earned a Performers Certificate. His principal teachers were Jack
DiIanni, Jim Culley, and Robert Van Sice.
He performs with Vic Firth Drumsticks and Mallets, Pearl/ Adams
Musical Instruments, and Black Swamp Percussion accessories.
