• Third Construction
  by John Cage
  percussion quartet
  with Brandon Bell, Jonathan Greeney and Julian Pellicano
• Dances of Earth and Fire
  by Peter Klatzow
  solo marimba
• The Lonelyness of Santa Claus
  by Fredrik Andersson
  marimba duo
  with Gwendolyn Burgett Thrasher
• Canyon
  by Mark Dancigers
  Eight Hands Quartet*
• Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion (Mvmt. One)
  by Bela Bartok
  Eight Hands Quartet*
• Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion (Mvmt. Three)
  by Bela Bartok
  Eight Hands Quartet*

*The Eight Hands Quartet is comprised of percussionists James Deitz and Kevin Dufford and pianists Hanchien Lee and Eri Nakamura.

Now teaching and freelancing from Brooklyn, New York, Kevin Dufford is a diverse percussionist performing regularly in a variety of musical genres. Highlights include ensemble performances with; the Moscow Chamber Orchestra in Carnegie Hall; members of the Tokyo String Quartet and So Percussion at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival; and the Yale Philharmonia in concerts with Krzysztof Pendereski (conducting his Credo) and conductor Peter Oundjian with pianist Richard Goode (in a performance of Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto). Mr. Dufford was a member of the Yale Percussion Group, Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps and was in the Akron Steelband when they released “Live from E.J. Thomas Hall” which was nominated for a World Music Grammy.

Kevin has been aggressively commissioning new music for percussion and has vowed to continue this tradition for the duration of his career. Recent commissions include Arabseco Infinito by Alejandro Viñao and Canyon by Mark Dancigers. Kevin has recently initiated a new commission for a marimba/vibraphone duo with text by Martin Bresnick. Mr. Dufford has been a guest soloist and chamber music artist at venues including New Haven Artspace, Muhlenberg College, Michigan State University, UMBC, the Massachusetts Day of Percussion, Cleveland Public Library, Idyllwild Music Festival, Norfolk Chamber and Contemporary Festivals, Percussive Arts Society International Convention on several occasions, American New Arts Festival, Tenri Cultural Institute, Yale Center for British Art, and the Look and Listen Festival at the Robert Miller Art Gallery in New York City, among others. He recently performed a series of all theatrical percussion concerts in Tokyo, Japan, at the Asahi Art Center, Musicasa and Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, where he and percussionists Ayano Kataoka and James Deitz gave the Japanese premiere of Dressur for wooden instruments by Mauricio Kagel.

As an educator, Mr. Dufford was the Director of Percussion Studies and taught Music History at Montana State University in Bozeman (2005-06). He is currently in the second year of the Doctor of Musical Arts program at the State University of New York (Stony Brook) studying with Eduardo Leandro. His responsibilities for that degree include teaching the course Fundamentals of Music Theory and coaching undergraduate percussionists. Education credits include the Artist Diploma from the Yale School of Music where he studied with Robert van Sice and the Master of Music from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University. He also studied privately with Tom Freer of the Cleveland Orchestra and received his Bachelor of Music (Performance) at the University of Akron while studying under Dr. Larry Snider. Mr. Dufford is a local education artist for Adams Musical Instruments and Pearl Drums.

To view his complete curriculum vitae:

DuffordCurriculumVitae.pdf