Nathan Juarez is a multifaceted percussionist, vocalist, composer, and educator originally from West Texas. Driven by a creative vision that thrives on combining his talents, he performs and composes a diverse range of music that captivates and connects with a variety of audiences. A significant focus of his artistic practice explores the intersection of percussion and voice, through which he actively expands and promotes repertoire via performance, composition, arrangement, and collaborations with world renowned composers including Susie Ibarra and Felipe Lara.

Juarez has appeared in a wide range of solo and ensemble settings, including international performances with the University or Oregon Percussion Ensemble and Wind Ensemble. He has appeared as a soloist performing his arrangement of Mozart’s Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen with orchestra and has performed extensively as an orchestral percussionist with several ensembles including the Eugene Symphony, Eugene Opera, Yakima Symphony, Orchestra Nova Northwest, Oregon Mozart Players, Orchestra Next, and the Amarillo Symphony. As a composer, Juarez is increasingly in demand, with his original music featured in both chamber and large-ensemble contexts. His commissioned works span a diverse range of instrumentation, including Clouds of Light for wind ensemble and Dipteran for tenor saxophone and percussion.

An active educator, Juarez has taught students of all ages in private and group settings throughout West Texas and Oregon. He has served as a Graduate Employee in Percussion and Music Theory at the University of Oregon. In these roles, he frequently integrates his compositional practice into teaching, creating, and arranging repertoire tailored to diverse learning environments. Juarez is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts in Percussion Performance and a Master of Arts in Music Theory at the University of Oregon. He holds a Master of Music in Percussion Performance from the University of Oregon and a Bachelor of Music in Composition and Music Education from West Texas A&M University.