Patrick Alonzo Conway is a percussionist, wind player and composer.  He has studied with noted master drummers from around the world and has traveled to Cuba and Bali to study.  Pat holds a Masters in Music Composition from the UMKC Conservatory, was a founding member of newEar and works with Terrestrial Consort, Peoples Liberation Big Band of Greater KC, Mambo DeLeon Orquesta/Carte Blanc, Chris Hazelton's Boogaloo 7, Expassionates, Arnold Young's RoughTet and BCR.  He currently is director of the community Balinese gamelan orchestra Gamelan Genta Kasturi, who premiered a large scale collaborative work featuring his original compositions entitled Angels & Demons at Play through Urban Culture Project and ArtSounds.  Gamelan Genta Kasturi was awarded Studio Space through the Charlotte Street/Urban Culture Project Studio Residency Program from 2011-16 and currently resides in Laura Isaac's Arts Dojo. Mr. Conway is also a recipient of the Charlotte Street Foundation Generative Performing Artist Fellow Award for 2012.


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