Nikki Joshi

Executive Director

Nikki Joshi is a percussionist based in Boston, MA. Previously based in Toronto, she completed the 2018 Rebanks Family Fellowship at the Glenn Gould School. A passionate advocate for contemporary music, Nikki has worked closely with composers including Roger Reynolds, Vinko Globokar, Kotoka Suzuki, Oliver Schneller, Steve Reich, Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, Phillipe Leroux, and Jo Kondo. She has performed with ensembles including Continuum, Against the Grain Theatre, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and New Music Concerts. In 2019 she performed her original composition with artist Sin Wai Kin at MOCA Toronto. She has extensively toured Matt Curlee's setting of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper". Nikki holds a Master’s Degree from McGill University, where she studied with Aiyun Huang. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree, Performer’s Certificate, Arts Leadership Certificate, and John Beck Scholarship from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Michael Burritt.