BIO
Percussionist and ethnomusicologist Nolan Warden is versed in a variety of musical styles including Afro-Cuban, Shona, Ghanaian, Jazz, and Orchestral. Currently, he is a PhD student in Ethnomusicology at UCLA having earned a Master of Arts degree from Tufts University while studying under David Locke. He is also a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Berklee College of Music with a double major in Hand Percussion Performance and Music Business. Before Berklee, Nolan studied orchestral percussion at Indiana University School of Music. His work has been published in Latin Percussionist, Percussive Notes, and World Percussion and Rhythm. In 2001, he produced a CD by Grupo Cuero y Cajón that he recorded during his first trip to Cuba. Nolan's own recorded playing can be found on many CD's such as those by Marimbira (a Boston Afropop band) and percussionist N. Scott Robinson. Recently, he has performed internationally in La Pasión Según San Marcos
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