Nathan Daughtrey

Percussionist, composer, & educator Nathan Daughtrey (b. 1975) is a musical chameleon who uses his wide-ranging talents to adapt comfortably to a variety of environments. As a performing artist and clinician for Yamaha percussion, Vic Firth sticks & mallets, Zildjian cymbals, and Black Swamp accessories, he has performed and given masterclasses and clinics throughout the United States and across three continents. Nathan has recorded two solo marimba albums to date – "Spiral Passages" and "The Yuletide Marimba" – and has appeared on several other albums, including a recent collaboration with euphoniumist Brian Meixner (Praxis) and a recording of Emma Lou Diemer's "Concerto in One Movement for Marimba & Orchestra" with the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Pacific Ridge). Nathan's own compositions for wind ensemble, percussion, and chamber groups are regularly performed at conventions and in concert halls around he globe. He has taught at University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University of Oklahoma, High Point University, and is currently Artist-in-Residence at UNC School of the Arts. Combining all of these skills, Nathan is President of C. Alan Publications, LLC.