Austin Nordhaus

Austin Nordhaus (B.M.) is a percussionist, pianist and multimedia composer whose work bridges contemporary percussion performance, electroacoustic composition, and Japanese artistic traditions. He is currently pursuing a Masters of Music in Percussion Performance at the University of Cincinnati with professors Adam Groh and Russell Burge, while also working there as a graduate student instructor, helping to teach the Cincinnati Bearcat's Front Ensemble and non-major percussion ensemble and percussion methods classes. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Music in Percussion Performance with a minor in Japanese Language, where he studied with leading percussion artists and educators including GRAMMY nominated Doug Perkins and Ian Antonio, as well as with the legendary Marimbist Nancy Zeltsman, the Cleveland Orchestra's Tom Sherwood, and Detroit Symphony Orchestra's Timpanist, Jeremy Epp. Bilingual in English and Japanese.