Artists - Yamaha - Canada

Isao Nakamura

Isao Nakamura has taught at the Internationalen Ferienkurse für Neue Musik in Darmstadt (1994-2006), Akiyoshidai International Contemporary Music Seminar and Festival in Japan (1991-1998) and is Professor at the Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe since 1992.

Don Liuzzi

Don Liuzzi was born and raised in Weymouth, Massachusetts, and completed high school at the Franklin Learning Center in Philadelphia. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Michigan and his Master of Music degree from Temple University. Before joining The Philadelphia Orchestra in 1989, Mr. Liuzzi was a member of the Pittsburgh Symphony percussion section from 1982 to 1989.

Michael Wood

Percussion Artist and Educator

D'Arcy Philip Gray

Yamaha Clinician and a Sabian Artist

Dominique Bernath

Percussion Artist

Richard Burrows

Drum Artist

Daniel Tones

Percussion Artist and Teacher

Marie-Josee Simard

Montreal Based Percussion Artist

TorQ

Toronto Based Percussion Artists - Rich Burrows, Adam Campbell, Jamie Drake and Dan Morphy

Keiko Abe

Keiko Abe is known for an international marimba player and a great composer in modern marimba world. She has performed in more than 60 countries with prominent orchestras, percussion groups and Jazz artists beyond genres.