Jude Traxler is a performer and composer of experimental and conceptual music living in New York City. A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Jude received undergraduate degrees in Composition and Percussion Performance from Louisiana State University in 2008. In 2010 he will complete his master's in Contemporary Performance Practice from Manhattan School of Music. Jude's works have been performed across the United States by VOX Trio, The Pittsburg New Music Ensemble, Tempus Fugit Percussion Ensemble, The Baton Rouge Brass Quintet, ChemoRocket, the UMBC New Music Ensemble, among others. He has been presented with numerous awards including the Yamaha Young Artist Award in 2006. His recent recording of Stuart Saunders Smith's Links No. 7 was released with all eleven of Smith's vibraphone essays by New World Records in the Fall of 2009. Jude has performed and conducted works for Cat Crisis, Stanley Leonard Music, and New World Records.