John Marshall performs on concert stages, radio, television, and film both nationally and internationally. He includes the drumming traditions of the Middle East, North and South India, Egypt, West Africa, the Caribbean, and Central Asia in his repertoire. Performing on frame drums, tabla, doumbek, djembe, congas, riq, pandiero, conventional Western percussion, and all manner of hand-held percussion, John Marshall's music has been featured on National Public Radio's All Things Considered, Echoes, Hearts Of Space and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). He has composed music for several movie scores including the award winning Sundance offering, Swimmers, by Doug Sadler.
With numerous CD credits to his name, Marshall is recorded on DMP, Ellipsis Arts, Sony, Jazzheads, Sping Hill, Windham Hill and Virgin record labels. The recipient of several awards, he has been recognized for excellence in percussion music education by the Pro-Mark Drum Corporation. In 2004 he was commissioned to compose original music for the ASAP Community dance project in collaboration with Pilobolus Dance Theatre. Marshall's instructional books and CDs, Hand Drums for Beginners, (5 Star Rating: Percussion.com), and World Beat Encyclopedia, are available everywhere through Alfred Publications.
He tours the country with his adult seminar and Workshop Series, performs through Young Audiences of America, ASAP After School Arts Program, Arts Magnet School Systems, Hartford Intercity Arts Outreach, and during the summer of 2004, was Percussion Instructor in Residence at the Punahou School in Hawaii. He performs with the classical/jazz/world ensemble Ufonia, composes for and performs with numerous percussion groups, including Framework, and WoMaDe, and is much sought after in the freelance arena. He has released his own CDs featuring his original compositions, and is at work creating online hand percussion instruction for Warner Brothers/Alfred. Currently, John enjoys performing with the experimental improvisational trio, Bridges and Poems, is creating original music for a PBS film in collaboration with composer Robert Weinstein, and is studying North Indian tabla with Subhankar Banerjee.
John at Wisdom House in Litchfield, Connecticut.
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