Christian Swafford is an artist and educator with a diverse percussion performance background. He has a particular interest in collaborative musical projects as well as promoting and performing new works for percussion. Located in the southeastern United States, he has been heard by Knoxville audiences at the Emporium Arts Center, the Knoxville Museum of Art, Honeybee Coffee, Historic Market Square, the Knoxville Civic Auditorium, Church Street United Methodist, Ijams Nature Center, and Lexington audiences at The Arboretum, State Botanical Garden of Kentucky, and Keeneland.
Christian has performed nationally at the Big Ears Festival on three separate occasions — two of which are featured in Rolling Stone and the New York Times … read more