Dustin Donahue

Dustin Donahue is a percussionist based in Los Angeles. Dedicated to chamber music, Dustin regularly appears with many of southern California’s presenters of chamber music, such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Green Umbrella series, the Ojai Music Festival, Monday Evening Concerts, Jacaranda Music, San Diego New Music, and La Jolla Summerfest. He frequently performs with the International Contemporary Ensemble, the Los Angeles Percussion Quartet, PARTCH, and the Echoi Ensemble. Dustin co-directs WasteLAnd, an ensemble and concert series dedicated to fostering experimental chamber music in Los Angeles. He appears on recordings for Mode, Naxos, New Focus, Stradivarius, and Populist Records. As a soloist, Dustin has been featured at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, the Carlsbad Music Festival, the John Cage Centennial Festival in Washington, D.C., and Mengi in Reykjavik, Iceland. He holds a DMA from the University of California – San Diego where he studied with Steven Schick, and a BM from the University of Wisconsin where he studied with Anthony Di Sanza. dustindonahue.com.