ABOUT pax duo

SESSION TITLE: Projection Mapping and Live Performance Software in Percussion Chamber Music

pax duo is a dynamic percussion project created by Micah Detweiler and Tristan Swihart. Based in Elkhart, IN and Madison, WI, pax duo aims to expand the possibilities of contemporary percussion through collaboration and new creation. To that end they are active in commissioning, composing, and arranging new works for percussion duo. Their style blends genres like hip-hop, indie, and funk with contemporary classical to create music that is widely appealing and musically interesting. 

Tristan and Micah first met in the fall of 2012 when Micah began working with the Northridge Marching Band in Middlebury, IN where Tristan was a student. The marching band show that year was entitled Et in Terra Pax, and is where pax duo gets its name. Since then they have gone from student and teacher to close friends and colleagues. 

As a duo they have toured extensively, playing at independent venues, universities, and schools along the way. They have collaborated with video production artists on videos of their arrangements and commissions. pax duo also hosts the Midwest Chamber Percussion Camp at Goshen College, an annual camp for high school students that has featured Excelsis Percussion Quartet, Escape Ten, and Frozen Earth Duo as faculty. 

Micah and Tristan are both Malletech artist endorsers and are proud to use their products.