Percussionist Joseph Tompkins has performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the New York City Opera and Ballet Orchestras, and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. He has played in sixteen productions on Broadway and has performed on film soundtracks for The Manchurian Candidate, The Last Holiday, Failure to Launch, The Brave One, Casanova, and others. For seven years, he was a member of the percussion trio Timetable, a group committed to commissioning and performing new works for percussion. He has composed a number of works for snare drum, as well as pieces for percussion ensemble. He is Chair of the Percussion Department at Rutgers University and is on the faculty of the Mannes School of Music. Tompkins is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and the Manhattan School of Music.