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Bio
McKenzie Squires (they/she) is a Brooklyn-based percussionist with a passion for world music, research, composition and most importantly performing with fellow musicians. They are an experienced educator who teaches with the BK Steppers, Steps, and private lessons online. She is a proud member of Pan in Motion steel orchestra, Secretary for the Network for Diversity in Concert Percussion, and Publicity Associate to Emily Motherwell at Colbert Artists Management and OtherArts. In her free time she obsessively practices solo glockenspiel pieces, researches minimalist music, and produces content for Instagram. Occasionally she can be found composing electronic music from sound bites and pre-recorded materials. They are a founding member of folx Percussion- a percussion collective dedicated to creating a safe space for femme and non-binary percussionists to be creative and explore new ideas.
McKenzie can be seen in Brooklyn in the Pan yard, in Manhattan with Utopia Opera Company, playing in a theater’s pit, or traveling to nearby states to perform at theaters, coffee shops, and art galleries! Be on the lookout for new recording projects releases including DicexFriends and Glimpses by folx.
She received her Masters in Percussion Studies from New York University and her Bachelors in Music, Percussion Performance from Western Carolina University.
McKenzie can be seen in Brooklyn in the Pan yard, in Manhattan with Utopia Opera Company, playing in a theater’s pit, or traveling to nearby states to perform at theaters, coffee shops, and art galleries! Be on the lookout for new recording projects releases including DicexFriends and Glimpses by folx.
She received her Masters in Percussion Studies from New York University and her Bachelors in Music, Percussion Performance from Western Carolina University.
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Repertoire List
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Solo
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Auroras - Chad Heiny
Head to Toe - Molly Joyce Head to Toe (arr for double second steel pans) - Molly Joyce* Silent Town - AJ Santillon Gmeng See Ne E (gyil solo version) - Baere Yotere onearth/inheaven - Jessie Diaz* how sweet the thought of you as infinite - Emma O’Halloran |
Pagao - Pixinguinha
Bloom Balloon - Ayanna Woods Calypso Music by David Rudder - arr. Kendall K Williams Icaria - Emily McPherson dictionary of obscure sorrows: exulansis - Annika Socolofsky |
Small Chamber
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Escape - Andrew Worden
Vicious Children - Wally Gunn Land Electric - Emma O’Halloran Death Wish - Gemma Peacocke Waltz - Johanna Beyer Shell - Emma O’Halloran * Meditation for metal pipes - Emma O’Halloran * vv - Juri Seo Stay in Yuh Lane - Khadence Inevitable - Christina George * Tension:Release - Ethan Isaac * Animal - Francisco del Pino * Time Windows - Aidan Gold * Stages of Drowning - marc perez * it free wonderful - Hayden Mesnick * Travel - Thomas Ward * Elemenohpi - Ian T. Jones * |
Codex - Lawton Hall *
Shifting Ground - Elijah Smith * Why Don’t We Go Where There It Is What The Time - Theo Trevisan * 3rd Construction - John Cage Springs - Paul Lansky Trances - Ivan Trevino Ambedo - Annika Socolofsky Ember - Alyssa Weinberg * Katana of Choice (trio version) - Nicky Lizee * content // a humble offering to the algorithm – Zac Fick-Cambria * Re(ACT)ive – Christian Quinones* Luminous - Joe Moore III JNNJ - JooWon Park Nested Duets - JooWon Park music for the small hours - Emma O’Halloran * folxlore - Ben Hausman * |
Large Ensemble/Mixed Ensemble
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Mixed:
The Jump Up! - Sandbox Percussion** Field of Visions - Michael Gordon** Rich Text Format - Phong Tran Bless Your Heart - José Gurría-Cárdenas** Percussion Ensemble: Cantata para America magica - Alberto Ginestera Toccata - Carlos Chavez The Magnificent 7 - Lenny White** Opera HMS Pinafore - Utopia Opera Concerto Re(new)al - Viet Cuong Recording Projects/Albums Outmind - Quinn Coniguliaro (Eyeless Owl) Fish School - Brian Ellis (BMCDE) Dice x friends - Dice Trio debut Album |
Theater:
Jesus Christ Superstar - Utopia Opera Something Rotten - Gallery Players Fiddler on the Roof - Gateway Theater Messugah-Nuns! - Maggie's Little Theater Steel: Sounds of the Season for Steel Pan Ensemble - arr. Diana Loomer Hotel California (tenor bass) - arr. Kendall K Williams Spain by Chick Corea - arr. Kendall K Williams African Percussion: Gyil - Kokolo, Afrika United, Pirey, Naawim Nu Tom Whe, Suu Bey Kaa Drum - Kponglogo Dance - Kpatsa, Macaru, CouCou, Treba, Doundounba Song - Oshun, MiFan Katiava |