Known for performing “with precision and an impressive attention to timbral detail” (Boston Musical Intelligencer), percussionist JEFF STERN has developed a voice to listen for in today’s contemporary music scene. He has performed extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia, and has collaborated with and championed the work of a number of the world’s preeminent composers, including Jennifer Higdon, John Luther Adams, and Andy Akiho. Stern is the executive director, coartistic director, and founding percussionist of 2 piano/2 percussion group icarus Quartet, praised by the Wall Street Journal for their “virtuosity, precision, and unflagging energy.” With The Percussion Collective, Stern has performed on WXQR’s Midday Masterpieces, joined virtuoso violinist Paul Huang for a recital at the Kennedy Center, and appeared as concerto soloists with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Florida Orchestra, and the Phoenix Symphony. He has appeared at the Yellow Barn Music Festival, Bang on a Can Summer Festival, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and the Eighth Blackbird Creative Lab, and can be heard on the Albany, Bright Shiny Things, Furious Artisans, and Cantaloupe record labels. Stern serves as Instructor of Percussion at the Peabody Conservatory and is a proud artist endorser of Vic Firth sticks and mallets, Zildjian cymbals, Evans drumheads, and Pearl/Adams drums and percussion. Learn more at www.sternpercussion.com
JEFF STERN
Known for performing “with precision and an impressive attention to timbral detail” (Boston Musical Intelligencer), percussionist JEFF STERN has developed a voice to listen for in today’s contemporary music scene. He has performed extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia, and has collaborated with and championed the work of a number of the world’s preeminent composers, including Jennifer Higdon, John Luther Adams, and Andy Akiho. Stern is the executive director, coartistic director, and founding percussionist of 2 piano/2 percussion group icarus Quartet, praised by the Wall Street Journal for their “virtuosity, precision, and unflagging energy.” With The Percussion Collective, Stern has performed on WXQR’s Midday Masterpieces, joined virtuoso violinist Paul Huang for a recital at the Kennedy Center, and appeared as concerto soloists with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Florida Orchestra, and the Phoenix Symphony. He has appeared at the Yellow Barn Music Festival, Bang on a Can Summer Festival, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and the Eighth Blackbird Creative Lab, and can be heard on the Albany, Bright Shiny Things, Furious Artisans, and Cantaloupe record labels. Stern serves as Instructor of Percussion at the Peabody Conservatory and is a proud artist endorser of Vic Firth sticks and mallets, Zildjian cymbals, Evans drumheads, and Pearl/Adams drums and percussion. Learn more at www.sternpercussion.com