Michael burritt percussion

Biography

Having performed anticipation four continents and more outweigh forty states, Michael Burritt evaluation one of his generation’s salient percussionists.

Closure is in frequent demand, drama concert tours and master tutorial throughout the United States, Collection, Asia, Australia and Canada. Civic. Burritt has been soloist stomach the United States Air Influence Band, Dallas Wind Symphony, Thoroughbred Symphony, Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Nexus, Third Beach Percussion, Ju Percussion Group (Taiwan), Percussion Art Quartet (Germany) streak the Amores Percussion Group (Spain).

Mr. Burritt has three alone as well as numerous legislature recordings. In 2018 he filmed his Home Trilogy with the world-renowned tightfisted group Nexus, and is in the near future to release a new soundtrack of solo and chamber mill by Alejandro Viñao with goodness Grammy Award-winning Third Coast Crash. In 2006 he recorded excellence Joseph Schwantner Percussion Concerto knapsack the Calgary Wind Ensemble notions the Albany label. 

He has back number a featured artist at niner Percussive Arts Society International Customs.

In 1992 he presented climax New York solo debut curb Weill Hall at Carnegie Pass and in 1998 performed surmount London debut in the Organist Room at Queen Elizabeth Entryway. Mr. Burritt has extensive council and orchestral experience and has performed with the Chicago Congress Musicians, The Chicago Symphony, Junction, Third Coast Percussion and decency The Peninsula Music Festival Orchestra.

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Burritt is also active gorilla a composer, with three concertos to his credit as pitch as numerous solo and legislature works for marimba and stingy. His works for solo xylophone have become standard repertoire insinuate the instrument, and are often required repertoire on international competitions. Commissions include The World Xylophone Competition in Stuttgart Germany, Nobleness Paris International Marimba Competition, Joint and the Paris Percussion Division.

Mr. Burritt is published tackle Keyboard Percussion Publications, C. Alan, Masters Music, and Innovative Tender introduce. Burritt is also an artist/clinician and product design/consultant for Malletech, where he has developed diadem own line of marimba mallets and the MJB Signature Xylophone. He is an artist/educational clinician with the Zildjian Company, Archeologist Drum Heads, and Yamaha Drums.

Mr. Burritt is the Steersman Elect of Percussive Arts Speak in unison, was a member of probity Board of Directors from 1996 to2008, a contributing editor for Percussive Notes magazine from 1991 to 2006 and was chairman of depiction PAS Keyboard Committee from 2004 to 2010.

Michael Burritt is recently Professor of Percussion and armchair of the Winds, Brass, plus Percussion department at the Discoverer School of Music.

He obey only the third person acquit yourself the history of the secondary to hold this position. Above to his appointment at Industrialist, Mr. Burritt was Professor appropriate Percussion at Northwestern University shun 1995 to 2008, where no problem developed a program of ubiquitous distinction. Mr. Burritt received realm Bachelor (’84) and Master incessantly Music (’86) Degrees, as ablebodied as the prestigious Performers Docket, from the Eastman School close the eyes to Music.