jonny allen

Jonny Allen is a Brooklyn based percussionist whose passion for music is contagious. He has won prizes at both the International Chamber Music Competition and the International Marimba Competition in Salzburg, giving respective performances at Carnegie Hall and Schloss Hoch in Flachau, Austria. Jonny has also performed as a drum set soloist with Ghana’s National Symphony Orchestra at the National Theatre in Accra.

He performs regularly with his percussion quartet, Sandbox, his jazz trio, Triplepoint, and is a founding Core Member of the American Modern Opera Company (AMOC). Jonny is also an avid educator, co-directing the NYU Sandbox Percussion Seminar each summer, holding a position as Percussion Director at Choate Rosemary Hall, as well as giving workshops and masterclasses worldwide. Jonny holds a Bachelor’s degree and Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, as well as a Masters degree and Artist Diploma from the Yale School of Music.