Virginia Tech Percussion Ensemble in Concert with Guest Artist Michael Burritt
Venue: Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Organizations: Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts
Date: Sunday, March 26, 2023
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Event Types: Music
Cost:

Description:
The Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts presents the Virginia Tech Percussion Ensemble in concert with guest artist Michael Burritt on Sunday, March 26, 2023 at the Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech.

The Virginia Tech Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Annie Stevens, performs a concert with guest artist Michael Burritt.

The program includes:
• "The Invisible Proverb," IV Sky Ghost by Russell Hartenberger
• "Kibo" by Andrea Venet
• Concerto for Vibraphone and Percussion Ensemble by Emmanuel Séjourné
• "Appalachian Morning" by Paul Halley
• "Fast Forward" by Joseph Schwantner

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. He has been soloist with the United States Air Force Band, Dallas Wind Symphony, Omaha Symphony, Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Nexus, Third Coast Percussion, Ju Percussion Group (Taiwan), Percussion Art Quartet (Germany) and the Amores Percussion Group (Spain). Burritt has three solo as well as numerous chamber recordings.

He has been a featured artist at nine Percussive Arts Society International Conventions. In 1992 he presented his New York solo debut in Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall and in 1998 performed his London debut in the Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall. Burritt has extensive chamber and orchestral experience and has performed with the Chicago Chamber Musicians, The Chicago Symphony, Nexus, Third Coast Percussion and the The Peninsula Music Festival Orchestra.

Burritt is currently Professor of Percussion and chair of the Winds, Brass, and Percussion department at the Eastman School of Music.

Tickets are $15.00 for the general public, $12.00 for seniors and $10.00 for students and youth.

To purchase tickets online visit https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/online/seatSelect.asp?createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadBestAvailable::performance_ids=CB06B74B-12F2-4EA2-936A-CC463DFCE88C or call 540-231-5000.

Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech is located at 330 Turner Street NW in Blacksburg, VA.

For more information, visit: https://www.performingarts.vt.edu/performances/2023/03/sopa-percussionensemblemichaelburritt.html or https://www.facebook.com/VTperformingarts.