Tom Kolor Cited by the New York Times as a "virtuosic percussionist", Tom Kolor specializes in 20th and 21st century music and holds a Master's Degree from the Juilliard School. Mr. Kolor has appeared throughout the world as a member of the Talujon Percussion Quartet, Ensemble Sospeso, New Jersey Percussion Ensemble, Newband and Ensemble 21. He is a frequent guest of Speculum Musicae, the Group for Contemporary Music, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Da Capo Chamber Players, Continuum, New Millennium Ensemble, New York New Music Ensemble and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. As a soloist, Mr. Kolor has premiered works by Milton Babbitt, Tania Leon, Wayne Peterson, John Zorn, and dozens of others. Solo performances have been presented at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York's MOMA and Guggenheim, Holland's State Museum at Amsterdam, Princeton University, and the University of California at Berkeley. Mr. Kolor has recorded for Koch, Mode, New World, Albany, Capstone, North/South, Wergo, Innova, Naxos, CRI, and RCA Classics labels. He currently teaches at William Paterson University and Columbia University.