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 Chris Hazelton's Boogaloo 7, Matt Hopper's Agora Peoples Liberation Big Band of Greater KC, Mambo DeLeon Orquesta/Carte Blanc, and BCR.  He currently is director of the community Balinese gamelan orchestra Gamelan Genta Kasturi, who premiered a large scale collaborative work through Urban Culture Project and ArtSounds featuring his original compositions entitled Angels & Demons at Play.  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.

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