JOHN HADFIELD
Percussion
As a percussionist, drummer, and composer, John Hadfield’s dedication to music has taken him from his native Missouri to concert halls and clubs across the world. He has released two albums of his own compositions—The Eye of Gordon and Displaced—and composed for various ensembles, dance performers, as well as feature-length documentary After Spring, which was selected for the Tribeca film festival. John leads a number of ensembles, including Earspeak, a duo with Boris Skalsky that creates explorative live and improvised electronic music and the Saints of Percussion, a percussion-based composer collective dedicated to improvising percussion-centric music. John’s ability to cross genres has allowed him to appear with a broad range of artists such as Kinan Azmeh’s City Band, Petros Klampanis’ Contextual, Nguyen Le’s STREAMS Quartet, the Saturday Night Live Band on NBC, and Deep Purple. John’s work has received significant critical acclaim. Time Out New York has noted, “John Hadfield’s percussion is so impeccable” and Modern Drummer featured him in a 2016 article stating, “Hadfield delivers a fluid groove, strong yet never intrusive, punctuated by adroitly chosen accents. His skillful sound-weaving choices create the illusion of a seamless multi-percussion section.” John currently serves on the Jazz faculty of New York University, where he teaches drum set and the World Percussion Ensemble. Many of his former students have gone on to become successful percussionists, drummers, educators, and composers.