“FOUND SOUNDS”: The Princeton-based ensemble Sō Percussion demonstrates their ability to use unusual sounds and found instruments in a talk at Princeton Public Library on March 4. (Photo by Victoria Pickering)

Members of the award-winning ensemble Sō Percussion will give a talk on “Found Sounds” on Tuesday, March 4 at 7 p.m., a presentation of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) Soundtracks Series at the Princeton Public Library.

They will discuss the unique soundscapes which can be created using everyday items. The ensemble regularly incorporates unusual sounds and found instruments in performances, including in works on their 2025 Grammy Award-winning album Rectangles and Circumstance with Caroline Shaw.

There will be an opportunity for questions and hands-on engagement with found items so that audience members can produce their own percussive sounds. The free talk takes place in the library’s Community Room.

Princeton University’s Edward T. Cone performers-in-residence, Sō Percussion are celebrated for a range of work: for live performances which bring to life the percussion repertoire; for collaborations in classical music, pop, indie rock, contemporary dance, and theater; and for their work in education and community. Committed to the creation and amplification of new work, Sō’s collaborative composition partners include David Lang, Julia Wolfe, Nathalie Joachim, Dan Trueman, and Kendall K. Williams, among others.

Attendees of the talk will have the opportunity to enter a drawing for free tickets to see Sō Percussion in action as they perform Viet Cuong’s inventive Re(new)al with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra at performances March 8-9. Tickets and information for those concerts are available at princetonsymphony.org.