Percussion Ensemble

About the Artists

Michael Burritt 

Having performed on four continents and more than forty states, Michael Burritt is one of his generation’s leading percussionists. He is in frequent demand, performing concert tours and master classes throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia and Canada. Mr. Burritt has extensive chamber and orchestral experience and has performed with the Chicago Chamber Musicians, The Chicago Symphony, Nexus, Third Coast Percussion and The Peninsula Music Festival Orchestra. Mr. Burritt is also active as a composer, with three concertos to his credit as well as numerous solo and chamber works for marimba and percussion. His works for solo marimba have become standard repertoire for the instrument, and are frequently required repertoire on international competitions. Burritt is also an artist/clinician and product design/consultant for Malletech, where he has developed his own line of marimba mallets and the MJB Signature Marimba. He is an artist/educational clinician with the Zildjian Company, Evans Drum Heads, and Yamaha Drums. Michael Burritt is currently Professor of Percussion and chair of the Winds, Brass, and Percussion department at the Eastman School of Music. 

Thomas Burritt

Thomas Burritt received degrees from Ithaca College School of Music, Kent State University, and Northwestern University. Active in the creation and performance of new music, Burritt has built a reputation as a percussion soloist and a concert marimbist. He has performed regularly at the Leigh Howard Stevens International Marimba Seminar and was a featured faculty performer at the 2007 and 2009 Zeltsman Marimba Festival. In April 2004 Burritt performed at Carnegie Hall as member of the Hammers and Sticks Ensemble. Later the same year the ensemble released a CD on the Innova label featuring works by Steven Mackey, Zhou Long, Alvin Singleton, Alex Shapiro, Joseph Harchanko and Belinda Reynolds. As Percussion Soloist Burritt has performed percussion concertos by Steve Mackey, Joseph Schwantner, Michael Dougherty, David Maslanka John Mackey, and James MacMillan. He has recorded for guitarist Eric Johnson and recording artist David Byrne, and has two solo recordings: All Times Identical—New American Music for Marimba, and Groundlines. In 2009, Burritt was nominated for a Grammy for his performances on Conspirare in Concert. In 2012, Burritt was cited as one of “The most influential Music Professors on Twitter.” 

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Musicians

Marcus Alvarado
Matt Garcia
Ashley Hsu
Erika Lin
Kevin Luo
Michael Rivera-Gonzalez
Bella Scotti
Sean Simpson
Colton Townsend
Bryce Turner
Seth Underwood
 

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