Percussionist and ethnomusicologist Nolan Warden is versed in a variety of musical styles including Afro-Cuban, Shona, Ghanaian, Jazz, and Orchestral. He recently earned a Master of Arts degree from Tufts University while studying under David Locke. He is also a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Berklee College of Music with a double major in Hand Percussion Performance and Music Business. Before Berklee, Nolan studied orchestral percussion at Indiana University School of Music. His work has been published in Latin Percussionist, Percussive Notes, and World Percussion and Rhythm. In 2001, he produced a CD by Grupo Cuero y Cajon that he recorded during his first trip to Cuba. Nolan's own recorded playing can be found on many CD's such as those by Marimbira (a Boston Afropop band) and percussionist N. Scott Robinson. Nolan currently teaches at Malcolm X College in Chicago and College of Lake County in Waukegan, IL. He also facilitates courses for Boston Unversity's online graduate school in music education. Between teaching, performing, and doing research, Nolan manages the Latin Percussion Yahoo! Group and occasionally writes biographical paragraphs about himself in third-person.
Curriculum Vitae
Cajon pa' los Muertos
Transculturation and Emergent Tradition in Afro-Cuban Ritual Drumming and Song
© 2006 Nolan Warden
Nolan's thesis for the M.A. degree completed at Tufts University (8.6MB PDF file).
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A History of the Conga Drum
Percussive Notes 43, no. 1 (February 2005): 8-15.
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Interview with Angel Guerrero
World Percussion and Rhythm 8, no. 2 (Spring/Summer 2007): 12-13.
An interview with Angel Guerrero, one of the main singers on Ibiono, a rare and unprecedented recording of Abakua music.
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