Bio

McKenzie Squires (they/she) is a percussionist with a passion for world music, research, composition and most importantly performing with fellow musicians. She recently graduated with her Masters Degree in Percussion Studies from New York University where she was an adjunct for non-percussion major lessons. 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 assistant to Emily Motherwell at Colbert Artists Management and OtherArts. In their free time they 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, Harlem playing djembe and gyil, 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!

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Repertoire List

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**world premiere

Solo

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
exulansis : dictionary of obscure sorrows - Annika Socolofsky

Small Chamber

​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 Mvt 1 & 2 - 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
seeds to plant in an unmarked grave - Rain Michael
Nested Duets - JooWon Park
​music for the small hours - Emma O’Halloran *
folxlore - Ben Hausman *

Large Ensemble/Mixed Ensemble

Mixed:
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 Co

Concerto
Re(new)al - Viet Cuong
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Recording Projects/Albums
Outmind - Quinn Coniguliaro (Eyeless Owl)
Fish School - Brian Ellis (BMCDE)

Theater:
Here I Am 
​Fiddler on the Roof
​Three Sisters

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 

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