Nicholas Papador is currently an assistant professor of music at the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada, where he coordinates the Percussion Studio and directs the Windsor Percussion Ensemble, and teaches courses in music theory and history topics. As a solo artist, percussionist, and timpanist, Papador has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Austria, Hungary, and Sweden. He has performed/presented at two Percussive Arts Society International Conventions. Dr. Papador is an artist endorser for the Vic Firth, inc. and Sabian, Ltd. Papador also serves as the president of the Percussive Arts Society Ontario Chapter. Papador performs regularly as an orchestral percussionist and timpanist and has recorded for CBC Radio and on the Ludwig/Elf and RIAX labels. Recent appointments include the Windsor Symphony Orchestra and the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra. Papador is a graduate of Northwestern University School of Music, Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, and University of Oregon School of Music. His principal teachers have included Michael Burritt, Gerald Carlyss, James Ross, Ruben Alvarez, Charles Dowd and Paul Wertico. Papador’s compositions are published by Alfred Publications, Keyboard Percussion Publications/Studio 4 Music, House Panther Press, and Bachovich Music Publications.

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James Armstrong currently teaches percussion at Elizabethtown College, is on faculty at DRUMS ETC in Lancaster, PA and is an active freelance percussionist in the greater Philadelphia area. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Central Michigan University and a Master of Music Performance from Bowling Green State University. He is a specialist in Haitian, Cuban, and West African folkloric drumming, and has done extensive field research and performance of this music throughout the United States and abroad. He has recorded and toured with the Robert Hohner Percussion Ensemble, Smallstone artists Five Horse Johnson, I-Town recording artist Paso Fino, Rising Sign (9-piece salsa band), PIONEROS del RITMO (latin jazz sextet), and many others. Recently, he can be seen performing with Philadelphia based singer/ songwriter Lili Añel, EJazz Trio, and various other Philly based artists. He is also Master Tambor for the Sosyete du Marche in Lansdale, PA. Mr. Armstrong is a Latin Percussion, Yamaha, Sabian, and Vic Firth artist, is the author of Vodou Drumset: Traditional Afro-Haitian Rhythms Applied to Drumset (Carl Fischer Publications), founder and president of House Panther Press, and is published through Drop6 Media.

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