Profession

• Bandleader, Drummer, Composer, Educator
• Founder and Leader of SUPERNOVA^® (A Multi-directional music ensemble)
• Peabody Institute, John Hopkins University – Faculty Member, Jazz Studies Department 2006-07

Educational Presentations / Workshops & Demonstrations

• Hyattsville Middle School – World Percussion Ensemble 2007
• Northwestern Senior High School – World Percussion Ensemble 2005 – 2006
Hyattsville, Maryland

• Artist-in-Residence, at Savoy Elementary School in Washington, DC
Project aimed at sparking creativity and stimulating the imagination among children in early grades, sponsored by American Honda Motor corporation and Young Audiences, Inc.

• Resident Artist, instrumental in helping to launch and develop the curriculum for the camp as part of a partnership between the America's Jazz Heritage Program and the Smithsonian Associates

• Performances in various Washington, DC public schools with the Nasar Abadey Quintet, with a focus on the history of Jazz from New Orleans to present day

• Jazz drum instruction for small ensemble and big band performance was provided to selected high school students in Washington, DC

• Artist-in-Residence, Madison Elementary School, Washington, DC
Provided drum instruction in African percussion ensemble

• Various performances in Virginia elementary public schools, with First World Theatre Company, focusing on African American history in music

• Artist-in-Residence, private and group drum instruction
Recipient of a grant from Brown University Rites and Reasons, to perform a series of workshops and lectures on the origin of Jazz

Nasar Abadey Music Training

• Studied Percussion with Tom Teasely, Instructor 1992 – 1993
• Studied Piano and Theory with Judith Korey, Instructor Big Band, Jazz History and Ensemble 1985 – 1987
• Studied with Calvin Jones, Director of Jazz Studies

• Ron Carter – Composer, Bass (Jazz Ensemble)
• Joe Chambers – Composer, Pianist, Drummer (Drum Instruction, Jazz Ensemble)
• Archie Shepp – Composer, Saxophonist, Lecturer (Jazz Ensemble)
• Frank Foster – Composer, Saxophonist, (Big Band)

Special Presentations

• Millennium Stage featuring the Nasar Abadey Quintet

• featuring SUPERNOVA^®

• Anacostia Museum – Children's Concerts for National Endowment for the Arts, and Sounds of Awareness
• Baird Auditorium - Concert and Lecture featuring SUPERNOVA^®
• National Museum of Natural History - Jazz Cafe featuring SUPERNOVA^®

• Various performances and Hosting Engagement

• Music Department Concert and Drumming Master Class

• Music Department Concert featuring SUPERNOVA
• International Children's Festival, Seattle, Washington

Associations / Fellowships / Grants

• SABIAN Cymbal Endorsee
• Vic Firth Sticks Endorsee
• Sonor Drums
• International Musicians Union Local #161-710, Washington D.C.
• Recipient of National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grant for performances, concerts and lectures: Providence, RI / Boston, MA / and Washington, DC
• Recipient of a Fellowship from DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, for Merit and Artistic Performance
• Grant award from Prince George's Arts Council – for workshops on Jazz in the public schools
• Recipient of Creative Artist Performance Service Award, (CAPS) New York State for composition
• International Association for Jazz Educators
• SESAC (a performance royalty publishing affiliate)

Nasar Abadey Public Performances

Jazz Festivals