Clifford Sutton is a percussionist and music educator with diverse experience in contemporary, orchestral, and world percussion. The winner of a 2011 Fulbright IIE Fellowship in Ethnomusicology, Dr. Sutton has devoted himself to the study and promotion of candombe, an Afro-Uruguayan music and dance with the drum as its central instrument. He has given numerous presentations on the subject, including appearances at the 2012 Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Conference and the 2013 Percussive Arts Society International Convention.
At MAC, Dr. Sutton serves as Coordinator of Percussion Studies and teaches AP Music Theory.
Watch below to see Dr. Sutton performing with MAC class of 2018 graduate Poliana Santana on the MAC Bands and Percussion 2018 Spring concert: