James Metcalfe

James is a freelance performer and educator. He has premiered numerous new works with the Alley Theatre, Lone Star Theater, and Houston Grand Opera including Jekyll & Hyde, Svengali, American Vaudeville, Monky Business and Salsipuedes. He has performed on sessions for GTE, Shell, the Testostertones, Stratus and Deer Mountain Music. Working with a diverse group of artists such as Ed Calle', Paul English, David Liebman, Josie De Guzman, Linda Eder, Jerry Lightfoot and Joel Olsten Ministries requires James to excel in both acoustic and electronic percussion. He has performed at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, been published in Percussive Notes, Modern Drummer and has a released a collection of Afro-Cuban Conga drumming transcriptions through Mountain Rythym.