With a focus on avant-garde music, Carlos Camacho explores the sound possibilities of Percussion. Currently, Dr. Camacho is a percussion professor at the University of Panama and president of the Panama chapter of the Percussive Arts Society. Prior to his appointment at the UP, Camacho was professor of percussion at Ohio Wesleyan University and in the preparatory department of the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, in the US. Notable activities include performances with the Louisville Orchestra, the Chattanooga Symphony, the Kentucky Symphony and the Orchestra of the Americas Orchestra, as well as being a guest artist at a festival such as the Pittsburgh Festival of New Music, the Eastern Music Festival and the Rome Music Festival, among others. Dr. Camacho holds bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate percussion degrees from Sam Houston State University, Carnegie Mellon University, and the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music respectively. He has recorded under the Centaur and Ablaze records and his music is published exclusively by Cayambis Music Press. Dr. Camacho is proudly, an official artist for Mike Balter Mallets and Dream Cymbals and Gongs. For more information, visit http://www.carloscamachomusic.com