Josh Graham on Marimba

Josh Graham
Thursday, Sep 19 2024, 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM, Deane Carriage Barn, Pit
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Carriage Barn Music Series — Fall 2024

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Dr. Josh Graham, a percussionist acclaimed as “beguiling” (Chicago Tribune) and a “superb performer” (Chicago Classical Review), has performed extensively throughout the United States and Canada. He currently serves as Professor of Percussion at the University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign, Principal Percussionist of the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra, and performs with F-PLUS. Dr. Graham is active in creating new works for percussion, commissioning and premiering chamber works by a variety of composers, including George Tsontakis, Jessie Montgomery, Marta Ptaszynska, Charles Peck, Emma O’Halloran, Matthew Ricketts, Matthew Barnson, Dave Hollinden, and Liza Sobel Crane, among many others.

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On Sunday, September 22 at 2:00pm at the Bennington Museum, Josh Graham will also be performing the world premiere of “The Scent of Apples”, a solo marimba composition by Bennington College alumna Tina Davidson, inspired by the poems of Robert Frost. Josh Graham will bring this evocative piece to life at the Bennington Museum to kick off the 10th season of Music at the Museum. The program is presented in partnership with Bennington College and the Robert Frost Stone House Museum. Learn more >