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Nick
Herman INSTRUMENTS
PLAYED:
Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian percussion including PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE: - director, arranger, percussionist, Quimbombó. Band formed in 1995 to interpret and combine Afro-Latin music, especially Cuban son, with jazz and blues elements. Arranged, composed and produced recordings, 1996 and 2002. Group has performed at many venues including the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, the Brooklyn Museum, and the BAM Café. - Solo performances of all original music for Thai gongs - Quilombo Samba School - New School Afro-Cuban Big Band - Orquesta Tropicana (Salsa/Latin Dance Music) - The Firefishers (alternative/grunge/funk/ethnic) - various freelance engagements including Trey Anastasio, Cyro Baptista, Babaê, Las Gardenias, Pupi Insua's Grupo Oriki, Quilombo Samba School, Charley Gerard, Orquesta Tropicana, Alec Stephen, and Mecca Bodega. - accompany dance classes at Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, Jose Limón Dance Studio, Joffrey Dance School, Djoniba Dance and Drum Center, Dancespace, Revolution Studios. COMPOSITION/ARRANGING EXPERIENCE: - over 30 arrangements of Jazz and Cuban dance music - original music for Quimbombó - pieces for percussion ensemble and Thai gongs - co-composed and arranged Firefishers material (released on CD) EDUCATION: - Afro-Latin Percussion: studied in Cuba and Brazil and at Drummer Collective and Harbor Performing Arts Center with members of Conjunto Folklorico Nacional de Cuba, members of AfroCuba de Matanzas, members of Cutumba (leading folkloric group in Santiago de Cuba), Changuito, Bobby Sanabria, Roberto Vizciano, Los Hermanos Cepeda, Roland Guerrero, Jorge Alabê, Cabello Rolim, Justino Rogers. - Drumset/Classical Percussion/Marimba/Vibraphone: studied with Claire Heldrich (at Manhattan School of Music), Angelo Miranda, and Hollis Headrick. - Music Theory/Arranging: studied at Mannes College of Music, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, Jazzmobile and Manhattan School of Music. OTHER: articles on Cuban music have appeared in Aché and the All Music Guide. |
