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 Doug Perkins is a member of So Percussion, a group the New York Times describes as "brilliant" and "consistently impressive." As a member of So, he has had the opportunity to work with many of today's foremost composers and performers including David Lang, Steve Reich, John Zorn, Mark Stewart, and Evan Ziporyn in performing venues across the country. These include Carnegie Hall, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Miller Theatre, the Walker Art Center, Joe's Pub and the Cleveland Museum of Art. So has also been featured on NPR stations such as Cleveland's WCPN, Austin's KUT and New York City's WNYC. Their self-titled debut record was released in 2004 on Cantaloupe Music, and their critically acclaimed second album Drumming came out on Cantaloupe in March 2005.
In addition to his work with So Percussion, Doug is teacher of percussion at Dartmouth University. His festival appearances include Norfolk, Aspen, The New York International Fringe Festival with the Rrrrr.... Percussion theater trio, Music '98, and the World Expo in Portugal. He has also given masterclasses at such institutions as the Julliard School, Yale Universty, the University of Texas at Austin and others around the United States
Doug's collaborations have been focused on the creation of new music for percussion. Along those lines, he has worked with such composers as Steve Mackey, Lois Vierk, Martin Bresnick, Stuart Saunders Smith, David Birchfield, and the Minimum Security Composer's collective. He has performed with Ethel, Alarm Will Sound, Ballettech, The Percussion Group Cincinnati, and Ray's Music Exchange in Cincinnati. In the last couple of years, Doug has studied gender wayang and mbira.
Doug received his Bachelor's degree from the Cincinatti College-Conservatory of Music with Jim Culley, and the Masters and Artist Diploma degrees from Yale University, where he studied with Robert Van Sice. He is currently pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts at the Eastman School of Music with John Beck
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