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,  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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