October 4, 2010 - 8pm Youngstown State University, OH Bliss Hall, Room 2222
Daniel Bruce - Guitar Chicago, IL
Justin Endler - Voice, Saxophone Pittsburgh, PA
Kurt Kotheimer - Bass Akron, OH
Dr. Jason Kush - Woodwinds Pittsburgh, PA
Dan Murphy - Piano Chicago, IL
AB Coda 528 Gypsy Lane After Long Silence Untitled #15 Zaza's Savasana
The Nathan Douds Ensemble is a group that performs original compositions, which aim to combine any and all divergent musical styles including: contemporary and avant-garde jazz/improvisation, contemporary classical and chamber music, rock/fusion, various world musics, and electro-acoustic music. The members of this ensemble have immensely diverse musical influences, educational backgrounds, and career paths, all of which act as contributing factors in allowing the group to remain diverse and flexible in creating a unique musical language.
Nathan Douds is an active freelance percussionist, pianist, composer, and educator in the Cleveland and Pittsburgh areas. He has been performing professionally in many diverse genres for over 15 years, has toured internationally, and has performed with such artists as: Joe Lovano, Kenny Werner, John Hollenbeck, the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Michael Feinstein, Bobby Selvaggio, and Sean Jones. Nathan holds a Bachelor's Degree in Percussion Performance from Youngstown State University and a Master's Degree from Bowling Green State University in Jazz Studies: Applied Piano. He is currently adjunct faculty at Slippery Rock University (PA) and Youngstown State University (OH).
October 5, 2010 - 7:30pm Slippery Rock University, PA
Swope Music Building, Recital Hall October 6, 2010 - 9pm
Denison University, OH Huffman Hall, Bandersnatch
October 7-8, 2010 Artists in Residence, University of Southern Illinois
October 8, 2010 - 7:30pm University of Southern Illinois, IL
Altgeld Hall, Large Rehearsal Room October 9, 2010 - 7:00pm
Chicago Academy for the Arts, ILNathan Douds - Percussion, Compositions Cleveland, OH
