tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123222892011-04-21T14:29:53.313-07:00Kenneth MetzkerKenneth Metzkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023293224960415044noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12322289.post-1134186174510152882005-12-09T19:40:00.000-08:002005-12-09T19:42:54.510-08:00Day of Percussion at Morehead, MinnesotaKenneth Metzkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023293224960415044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12322289.post-1129086910593838182005-10-11T20:02:00.000-07:002006-09-05T21:56:20.353-07:00UPCOMING AND ONGOING PRODJECTS2006AUGUST-Opening for Lanzallamas Monofonica at the Deluxe Art Gallery-Bacon Bits CD Release PartySEPTEMBER-Monthly with Loray Mystic at Jakmel Art Gallery-Monthly with Lucky Pierre at Jakmel Art Gallery-Begin rehearsels for Pablo Cano's "City Beneath the Sea"OCTOBER-Lucky Pierre at Jakmel Art Gallery-Loray Mystic at Jakmel Art Gallery-Opening of "City Beneath the Sea", Oct.28, at MOCA (Modern Kenneth Metzkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023293224960415044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12322289.post-1114466577609771062005-04-25T15:02:00.000-07:002005-04-25T15:02:57.610-07:00Playing in Recife, Pernambuco for Carnaval. DSC01114 Originally uploaded by kkmperc. My friend Orlangelo is playing the Marimbau in the front. What a cool instrument!Kenneth Metzkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023293224960415044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12322289.post-1114217118042325772005-04-22T17:43:00.000-07:002006-09-05T22:00:58.086-07:00Resume-Nominee for the Lewis Award Scholarship for outstanding incoming freshman at the University of Kentucky.-Recipient of the Elaine Gould outstanding freshman award in the University of Kentucky percussion studio.-Participant in the Third World Marimba Competition in Stuttgart, Germany (2002)-Original composition premiered with the University of Kentucky percussion ensemble at the Percussive Arts Kenneth Metzkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023293224960415044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12322289.post-1114187613981083372005-04-22T09:33:00.001-07:002005-04-22T18:53:06.090-07:00Playing Maracatu with Caravana Cultural. Fortaleza, Brazil. DSC00812 Originally uploaded by kkmperc. Kenneth Metzkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023293224960415044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12322289.post-1114046825657083152005-04-20T18:26:00.000-07:002006-07-10T11:59:30.600-07:00Bio Kenneth Metzker holds a Bachelors Degree in Music Performance as a Percussionist from the University of Kentucky under the direction of James B. Campbell. He began his Afro-Cuban studies with Michael Spiro, which led him to study with many other notables in the Afro-Cuban genre. He traveled to Matanzas, Cuba to study Afro-Cuban folkloric music with world renowned Los Munequitos de Matanzas. His Kenneth Metzkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023293224960415044noreply@blogger.com