Nia Devetzis, percussion

Description

Nia Devetzis is a percussionist driven by the vivid and vast world of contemporary music, whether as a soloist or chamber musician. As a teaching artist, she is dedicated to education through performance and instruction, leading by example and questioning audience expectations by asking, what exactly is percussion?

Notable performances include solo engagements with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, and Calgary Wind Symphony, as well as Calgary’s contemporary music and sonic arts festival, Forms of Sound and the Stratford Summer Music Festival. As a chamber musician, she is dedicated to the support of contemporary music in Calgary as a core member of Timepoint Ensemble and has made appearances with The Rubbing Stone Ensemble and Land’s End Chamber Ensemble. Favourite past performances include Steve Reich’s Drumming at the TorQ Percussion Seminar, Conduct with the University of Calgary’s School of Creative and Performing Arts and concerts with So Percussion Quartet at Princeton University. 

Nia is an instructor at the Mount Royal Conservatory and is proud to endorse Black Swamp Percussion as a member of their educator network. She completed her master’s in percussion performance at the University of Calgary with Rod Thomas Squance.