Bio:
Ian Antonio was born in 1981 and grew up in Albany, NY. After studying with Richard Albagli and performing with the Empire State Youth Orchestra and Percussion Ensemble, he moved to New York City on a Presidential Scholarship to attend the Manhattan School of Music. There, Ian studied with James Preiss, Duncan Patton, Christopher Lamb, Eric Charleston, and Claire Heldrich and graduated in 2003, receiving the Kraeuter Musical Foundation Award and a B.M. While attending MSM, Ian was a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center in the summers of 2002 and 2003, performed with the Wild Ginger Philharmonic, Albany Symphony, NYU Experimental Theatra Division, and began playing with the Wet Ink Ensemble.
In 2003, Ian began his studies at SUNY Stony Brook with Eduardo Leandro where he received his M.M. in 2005 and D.MA. in 2009. At Stony Brook, Ian was the undergraduate percussion instructor and manager of the university's new-music ensemble, the Contemporary Chamber Players. Outside of the university, Ian leads a busy musical life, performing and touring extensively with Zs, commissioning and premiering new works with Yarn/Wire, and pushing the boundaries of contemporary theatre and composition with Theatre of a Two-Headed Calf and Wet Ink. Outside of his own ensembles, Ian also performs with the International Contemporary Ensemble, the Argento Chamber Ensemble, and the S.E.M. Ensemble. Ian teaches or has taught at SUNY Stony Brook, Norwalk Youth Symphony, the 92nd St Y, Henry Street Settlement, Cornet Music School, I.S. 291 in Bushwick, Brooklyn, maintains an active private studio, and has guest taught at the Manhattan School of Music Preparatory Division, Adelphi University, the New York Summer Music Festival, and with Associated Solo Artists.

Contact: ianantonio 'at' gmail 'dot' com

Discography:
New Slaves - 2010 - The Social Registry w/Zs
Tyondai Braxton/Central Market - 2009, Warp
Music of the Modern White - 2009, The Social Registry w/Zs
New Works for Small Ensemble - 2009, Carrier Records w/Wet Ink Ensemble
The Hard EP - 2008, Three One G Records w/Zs
The Language Of - 2008, Quiet Design Records w/Wet Ink Ensemble
Secular Works - 2008, Planaria Recordings and I and Ear Records w/Extra Life
Arms - 2007, Planaria Recordings and Gilgongo Records w/Zs
Folio and Four Sysems - 2006, Tzadik Records w/Zs
Buck - 2006, Folding Cassettes and Gilgongo Records w/Zs
Magnet - 2005, Planaria Recordings w/Zs
Gould & Harris Symphonies - 2005, Albany Records w/Albany Symphony