Concert in the Cone: James Doyle
May 21 | 6-7pm
May 21, 2026 • 6pm • Free!
Doors to Hot Shop Open: 5:45pm
Performance: 6–7pm
Join Museum of Glass for Concert in the Cone in the Hot Shop, featuring percussionist James Doyle. His show titled Confluence: Within the Space of Making features works on the vibraphone and analog synth, performed in the Hot Shop with live glassblowing by Hilltop Artists.
This is a multi-sensory experience not to be missed. Fun for all ages, and FREE with support from Tacoma Creates!
This performance is part of Museum of Glass free-admission Third Thursday programming. Seats in the Hot Shop are first come, first served, so please plan on arriving promptly!
The Museum will be hosting a special member lounge from 5pm – 6pm featuring snacks and drinks. Interested in becoming a Museum of Glass member? Click here.
Members, please RSVP to Membership Manager Andrea Thomson at athomson@museumofglass.org.
About James Doyle
James W. Doyle is a percussionist, teaching artist, and collaborator in the Pacific Northwest. He has performed across North America, Europe, Australia, Africa, and Asia, bringing a curiosity about place and a reverence for nature to his work and community. That through-line informs Confluence, his single-shot video series pairing field-recorded water imagery with live vibraphone performance.
A committed presence in contemporary and chamber music, James tours and records with the U.S.–Japan Apricity Trio and performs with the Doyle-Kane Duo for flute and percussion. Recent appearances include the Seattle Symphony’s Octave 9 series, the Nakanojo Biennale, the Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival, and residencies at Gunma University in Maebashi, Japan.
James regularly appears as timpanist and percussionist with Symphony Tacoma, Northwest Sinfonietta, Tacoma Opera, Vashon Opera, Auburn Symphony Orchestra, and Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra. He has recorded on more than forty albums across Americana, country, and pop, and performs concertina and bodhrán in Irish traditional settings. He also directs TYSAmba, a youth program teaching samba drumming on behalf of the Tacoma Youth Symphony Association.
Before relocating to Washington, he served as Professor of Music at Adams State University and toured as principal percussionist with the United States Air Force Band of the Golden West. He earned a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Photo courtesy of the artist.
