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