Anthony d’Conde is a Juilliard-trained percussionist, conductor, composer, and educator with over 25 years of experience building music programs across North America, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Australia. He joins K&M Music School after an extensive international career, bringing expertise in classical and contemporary percussion, conducting, composition, and foundational musicianship.
Anthony holds both a Master’s and Bachelor’s in Music Performance from The Juilliard School, where he also studied conducting and composition. During his time at Juilliard, he worked with the Pre-College Division and Adult Extension Program as a teaching assistant and served as stage manager for the Paul and Morse Recital Halls.
At K&M Music School, Anthony teaches percussion, drum set, timpani, music theory, ear training, conducting, and composition. His lessons serve students of all levels — from young beginners through pre-college and advanced musicians preparing for university and conservatory programs.
Anthony’s career spans some of the most respected stages and institutions across Asia and North America, with performances in many of the historic theaters of Europe, Latin America, and Australia. He served as Principal Timpani and Percussion of the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra from 2001 to 2005, where he founded the first professional percussion ensemble in Mainland China.
He has performed with the San Diego Symphony, Dallas Symphony, American Symphony, National Repertory Orchestra, Bowdoin Music Festival Orchestra, Academy of the West Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Macau Chamber Orchestra, Shanghai Philharmonic, and China Philharmonic.
From 2007 to 2015, Anthony was Department Director and Professor at the Xinghai Conservatory of Music in Guangzhou, where he founded the Percussion Department and became the first foreign music professor in Mainland China certified to teach postgraduate percussion.
He has also taught and conducted at several universities in South China, including Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou University, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, South China Normal University, and Guangdong University of Technology.
From 2018 to 2023, he served as Assistant Manager and Conductor at the Guangzhou Opera House Education Program, leading orchestra, symphonic band, marching band, choir, and percussion ensemble.
Anthony is the founder and General Manager of IPACC, the International Percussive Arts Cultural Center, which he established in 2001. Through IPACC, he has trained generations of young percussionists, many of whom have been accepted into the world’s leading conservatories — including Juilliard (New York and Tianjin), Curtis Institute, Manhattan School of Music, Yale School of Music, Boston University College of Fine Arts, New England Conservatory, Boston Conservatory, Berklee College of Music, Amsterdam Conservatory, Paris Conservatory, Royal College of Music, and HEM Geneva Conservatory.
In 2010, he founded the International Percussion Philharmonic, which he serves as Artistic Director, bringing together percussionists from universities and schools across multiple levels for annual concerts.
Since returning to the U.S., Anthony has been performing with and conducting chamber ensembles, as well as collaborating on theatrical productions. He performs as a percussionist with Lamb’s Players Theatre in Coronado, and composed and performed the percussion score for the world premiere of “The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate” — a collaboration with renowned composer Daniel Lincoln.
Anthony is of Spanish and Mexican-American heritage. He speaks English and Spanish natively and is conversational in Mandarin Chinese.
Anthony believes every serious musician — whether they play strings, winds, voice, or piano — benefits from strong rhythm and ear training from the very beginning. His approach blends the classical European rigor of conservatory training with the musicality and flexibility of jazz and chamber traditions.
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