Trey Files
Mr. Files' diverse musical interests have led him to collaborate with an eclectic array of ensembles and musicians. He has performed classical/contemporary music with Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, New Music Consort and the Michael Gordon Band. His extensive theater credits include off-Broadway's De La Guarda (music supervisor), Broadway's Beauty and the Beast (drum set) and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (percussion), and a number of national tours and regional productions. He is currently the drummer/associate conductor for Spring Awakening, a Broadway musical which won 8 Tony Awards (including Best Musical and Best Score) in 2007. Trey is co-artistic director of 2nd Species, a collective of aerialists and musicians which has performed for audiences in New York and Los Angeles and for corporate clients such as Diesel Fashion, ESPN and Red Bull. He also directs the percussion ensemble at La Guardia High School for the Performing Arts, where he has taught since 2001. His discography includes: Shelter, When 20 Summers Pass (Victory Records); Verdi/MCO/Christine Weidinger, Arias (Newport Classics); Marimba Yajalón, Huapango (Heart of Wood); Spring Awakening OCR (Decca Broadway); and the original motion picture soundtrack for Evelyn (Decca/UMG). His national television appearances include the VH1 Fashion Awards and The Late Show with David Letterman. A rock drummer at heart, Trey happily spent much of his youth touring the US and Europe with several bands you've never heard of and making records for indie and major labels which very few people bought. He earned performance degrees from Stephen F. Austin State University (Texas) and Manhattan School of Music; his non-Western music studies include the drumming of Guinea, West Africa and the marimba tradition of Chiapas, Mexico. Trey is currently pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at City University of New York. Visit his website at www.treyfiles.com.
