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  • Terry Sweeney

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    Terry Sweeney

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    Terry Sweeney is an avid chamber musician and collaborator. Terry is a member of Sandbox Percussion and The Percussion Collective. During the 2023/24 season with Sandbox, Terry will premiere new works by Amy Beth Kirsten, Chris Cerrone, Doug Cuomo, Ellis Ludwig-Leone, Joan Tower, John Luther Adams, and Viet Cuong. Other highlights include performances at the Park Avenue Armory, 92nd Street Y, and The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. 

    Terry  has performed concertos with the Colorado Symphony, Albany Symphony, Pacific Symphony, Curtis Symphony Orchestra, American Composer’s Orchestra, Lexington Philharmonic, and the Des Moines Symphony. 

    Sandbox’s 2021 album Seven PIllars was nominated for two GRAMMY® awards – Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance and Best Contemporary Classical Composition. Since then, Sandbox has performed Seven Pillars more than 30 times throughout the United States and Europe, including the Théâtre du Châtelet, in Paris. 

    With Sandbox, Terry is a faculty member at The New School’s College of Performing Arts and the University of Missouri Kansas City Conservatory. During the summer, Terry co-directs the NYU-Sandbox Seminar and teaches percussion at the Yellow Barn Young Artist Program. Terry holds degrees from the Peabody Conservatory and the Yale School of Music and endorses Pearl/Adams musical instruments, Zildjian cymbals, Vic Firth sticks and mallets, Remo drumheads, and Black Swamp accessories.

     

    Current Courses

    Sandbox Percussion Summer Sem
    COPA 0100, Summer 2026

    Sandbox Summer Observe Pass
    COPA 0110, Summer 2026

    Future Courses

    Lessons 2000/3000: 8
    JLES 3008, Spring 2027

    Past Courses

    Chamber Duo
    CAPR 5004, Fall 2025, Spring 2026

    Chamber Duo
    CAPR 1510, Fall 2025, Spring 2026

    Comp/Perf Pairing Project
    COPA 5327, Fall 2025

    Comp/Perf Pairing Project
    COPA 4327, Fall 2025

    ESLM 7 Major Lessons
    CAML 0501, Fall 2025

    ESLM Addl 7 Major Lessons
    CAML 0701, Fall 2025

    GR 4 cr. Major Lessons
    CAML 5550, Fall 2025, Spring 2026

    Lessons 2000/3000: 8
    JLES 3008, Spring 2026

    Percussion Repertory
    CAPR 3550, Spring 2026

    Percussion Repertory
    CAPR 5550, Spring 2026

    Small Ensemble Class
    CAPR 5180, Spring 2026

    UG 2 cr. Major Lessons
    CAML 3000, Fall 2025, Spring 2026

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