Bill Cahn

Bill Cahn

Bill Cahn is a member of the NEXUS percussion group (1971 to present). He was Associate Professor of Percussion at the Eastman School of Music (2005 to 2015), and a visiting artist in residence at the Showa Academy of Music in Kawasaki, Japan (1998 - 2015). Bill was Principal Percussionist in the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra from 1968 to 1995. His book, œCreative Music Making (2005), on freeform improvisation is published by Routledge Books. Bills workshops and residencies include community hand drumming, improvisation, careers in music, and the business of music. He received a GRAMMY Award with the Paul Winter Consort (2006).