LYNN VARTAN, percussion, is an active performer and educator who is an advocate for diversity in music. As a new music percussionist, Lynn has worked with Michael Colgrass, Donald Crockett,Vinny Golia, Arthur Jarvinen, Ursula Oppens, Joan Tower Glen Velez and Xtet, and is known for her athleticism and exciting energy on stage. She has commissioned and/or performed new music by composers Crockett, Hoey, Krausas, Muhl and Naidoo. As a soloist, she has been featured on the Los Angeles Philharmonic Green Umbrella Series, the Different Trains Series and the USC Contemporary and Percussion Ensembles. In February 2003, Lynn recorded Stephen Hartke’s Tituli with the Hilliard Ensemble for release on the ECM series. Lynn performed with the Tambuco Percussion Ensemble on Southwest Chamber Music's Complete Chamber Works of Carlos Chavez, Volume 3, which was nominated as Best Classical Album for the 2005 Gramy Awards.