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Marcus Santos, contemporary percussionist and educator, is a native of Bahia, Brazil and commits his life to the study, teaching and performance of his hometown's Afro-Brazilian music and heritage. Marcus received a scholarship and completed his studies with honors at Berklee College of Music in Boston. He has performed with artists such as Paquito D'Rivera and the Gipsy Kings. Recently, Marcus performed for the Sony Pictures Oscar nominated movie 'Rachel is getting Married' featuring Anne Hathaway. He has been honored with the Outstanding Arts Performer Award by the Brazilian Immigrant Center (2008) as well as Outstanding Percussionist by Berklee College of Music in 2004.

Marcus produced his own DVD Modern Approach to Pandeiro and the DVD Musically Speaking II together with BOSE.  He also appears on a new DVD by drummer Neil Peart (from the rock band Rush) produced by Hudson Music.  Marcus leads workshops on Afro-Brazilian percussion and music for Social Change in universities and conventions around the world such as MIT, Harvard, Brown U, Universidad Central de Venezuela and PASIC 2007, 2010 and 2011. He is currently the director of the Grooversity network project, and is the artistic director of drumming groups in seven different states in the US.

World Drumming
Percussion, Independent Study