After the GVSU concert, the group's next stop is Carnegie Hall in New York City. Nexus was formed in 1971, and continues today with the original five members. The connection for the five-man ensemble is percussion instruments, thousands of them. Any of their concerts is likely to involve from 100 to 200 instruments, large and small. The instruments link them together even through a variety of musical genres, including ragtime, symphonic, chamber and jazz music.
Percussion is also a unique way for the group to link the cultures of the world.
Their concerts include sounds of India, Mexico, Africa, Bali, Java, China, Japan and other parts of the world. The members of Nexus are all veteran educators, composers, and performers. Bob Becker is considered to be one of the world's premier virtuoso performers on the xylophone and marimba. Bill Cahn has performed with a diversity of composers and conductors, ranging from Igor Stravinsky to Doc Severensen. Robin Engleman currently conducts and directs the Percussion Ensemble of the University of Toronto.