Barry Dove is acclaimed as one of today's outstanding percussionists. He received his Bachelor's degree in Music Education, his Performer's Certificate, and his Master's degree from the Peabody conservatory of Music. Barry Dove also attended the University of Ghana in Accra studying West African drumming styles of the Ewe, Akan, and Dagarti people. In addition he has also studied at the University de la Havana with special interests in Santeria Bata drumming.



Barry Dove performs on a four and one-half octave marimba, for which he has premiered twenty-one new works in the past fifteen years, thirteen of which were commissioned for him.



Barry Dove is a member of the acclaimed Global Percussion Trio, the Principal Percussionist of the Washington Contemporary Music Forum, Principal Timpanist of the Baltimore Chamber orchestra, Key West Symphony Orchestra and is a section percussion player with Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra.



Barry Dove is a percussionist for the National Theatre Playbill in Washington D.C. Mr. Dove is vibraphonist and founder of the Barry Dove Jazz Quartet, and is percussion instructor at University of Maryland Baltimore County and Loyola College.



Barry Dove has recorded his debut CD "Global Percussion Trio 2005," Judith Lang Zaimont’s Hidden Heritage on Arabesque CD, Dominick Argento’s A Water Bird Talk, Baltimore Chamber Live and Robert Macht Suite for Javanese Gamelan. He also records for National Geographic Explorer Channel, The Learning Channel, The Discovery Channel, a PBS special with Wynton Marsalis, Denyce Graves, Take 6, Patti LaBelle and numerous radio and television jingles. He has toured with Linda Ronstadt and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. He is active as a recitalist/clinician and is a Gordon Artist.