The Caixa Percussion Trio has been dazzling and educating international audiences for more than a decade. The ensemble derives its name from the caixa, or snare drum, used in escolas de samba in Brazil. Caixa performances include the Seoul Drum Festival in South Korea, Festival Internacional de la Percusion in Puerto Rico, Journees de La Percussion in Paris, France, and the Percussive Arts Society International Conventions. The unique Caixa experience presents the art of percussion in classical, rudimental, modern, electronic, and world music idioms. Caixa is dedicated to expanding the literature available for percussion trio by writing and commissioning new works. Their first CD, Commissioned Works, was released in 2007.