Mark Duggan Percussion

Mark Duggan is a versatile performer and composer active in many genres. His passionate blend of classical, jazz and world percussion has impressed audiences from the Tongyeong Music Festival in Korea to the Lincoln Center in New York. Duggan has performed with the Philip Glass Ensemble, Toronto New Music Concerts, Soundstreams, Ensemble Intercontemporain de Paris and Pierre Boulez, the Toronto Symphony, National Ballet of Canada Orchestra, Esprit Orchestra and he is a regular performer at the Scotia Festival of Music. Duggan has also appeared with many jazz and pop artists including Diana Krall, Charlie Haden, Maria Schneider, Petula Clark, Maryem Tollar, Bernardo Padrón Group, Brazilian guitarist Celso Machado, and the percussion group NEXUS as well as with his own group, Vuja dé. Duggan is a founding member of the Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan (since 1983) which has performed throughout Canada, Europe, Asia and the US.

As a composer Duggan has been commissioned by the percussion quintet Nexus, the Evergreen Club Gamelan, the chamber group Sanctuary, Roots Orchestra, the Madawaska String Quartet, percussionist Morris Palter and choreographers Susan Lee and Maxine Heppner. His compositions for percussion have been performed around the world and his work Three Americas was a finalist in the 2006 Quey Percussion Competition. Duggan has released five CDs of his own music which have been twice nominated by both the Juno and East Coast Music Awards.

2009/10 Concerts
Brasil