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$57.00 – $66.00A marimba quartet that creates the illusion of a single instrument.
A marimba quartet that creates the illusion of a single instrument.
Having performed on four continents and more than forty states, Michael Burritt is one of his generation's most accomplished percussionists. He is in frequent demand performing concert tours and master classes throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Canada. Mr. Burritt has been soloist with the United States Air Force Band, Dallas Wind Symphony, Omaha Symphony, Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, Nexus, The Paris Percussion Group (France), The Amadinda Percussion Group (Hungary), Third Coast Percussion, Ju Percussion Group (Taiwan), Percussion Art Quartet (Germany), and the Amores Percussion Group (Spain). Mr. Burritt has three solo as well as numerous chamber recordings, including his work Home Trilogy, with the world-renown percussion group Nexus and soon to released a new recording of solo and chamber works by Alejandro Viñao with the Grammy Award winning Third Coast Percussion. In 2006 he recorded the Joseph Schwantner Percussion Concerto with the Calgary Wind Ensemble on the Albany label. Burritt recently premiered Fast Forward, a new chamber concerto written expressly for him by Pulitzer Prize winning Composer Joseph Schwantner in celebration of the centennial of the Eastman School.
He has been a featured artist at ten Percussive Arts Society International Conventions. Mr. Burritt has performed solo concerts in some of the world’s most prestigious concert halls including Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, The Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, National Performing Arts Center in Beijing, and The Kennedy Center. He has extensive chamber and orchestral experience and has performed with the Chicago Chamber Musicians, The Chicago Symphony, 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. Commissions include The World Marimba Competition in Stuttgart Germany, The Paris International Marimba Competition, Nexus, and Paris Percussion Group. Zildjian commissioned Burritt to compose a work in celebration of the company’s 400th Anniversary in 2023 which was premiered by Third Coast Percussion at PASIC 2023. Mr. Burritt is published with Keyboard Percussion Publications, C. Alan, Masters Music, and Innovative Percussion. 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 Zildjian, Evans, and Yamaha Drums. Mr. Burritt was the President of the Percussive Arts Society from 2021–22, a member of the Board of Directors from 1996–2008, a contributing editor for Percussive Notes magazine from 1991¬–2006, and chair of the PAS Keyboard Committee from 2004–2010.
Burritt is the first person to hold the Paul J. Burgett Distinguished Professorship and is Professor of Percussion at The Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where he is only the third person in the history of the school to hold this position. Prior to his appointment at Eastman, Mr. Burritt was Professor of Percussion at Northwestern University from 1995–2008, where he developed a program of international distinction. Mr. Burritt received his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees, as well as the prestigious Performers Certificate, from the Eastman School of Music.
A marimba quartet that creates the illusion of a single instrument.
A marimba quartet that creates the illusion of a single instrument.
A more discursive, lyrical and introspective Burritt style is developed in this piece. As is always the case with the music of Michael Burritt, the marimba writing is first-rate, idiomatic, fun to play and makes the marimba sound great.
A more discursive, lyrical and introspective Burritt style is developed in this piece. As is always the case with the music of Michael Burritt, the marimba writing is first-rate, idiomatic, fun to play and makes the marimba sound great.
This duo brings together the styles of folk music, jazz and pop, with a tip of the hat to Phillip Glass in the coda.
Can they all work together? You decide!
This duo brings together the styles of folk music, jazz and pop, with a tip of the hat to Phillip Glass in the coda.
Can they all work together? You decide!
Caritas is a three-movement piece that employs a traditional harmonic language throughout. It is a real crowd-pleaser for the educated as well as the uneducated audience.
Caritas is a three-movement piece that employs a traditional harmonic language throughout. It is a real crowd-pleaser for the educated as well as the uneducated audience.
Titled after the Walt Whitman poem, Burritt wrote Clear Midnight for the Escape X Percussion Duo to showcase their dynamic virtuosity.
Titled after the Walt Whitman poem, Burritt wrote Clear Midnight for the Escape X Percussion Duo to showcase their dynamic virtuosity.
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Solo for Snare Drum
LIMITED EDITION, for the 2012 Atlanta Symphony Modern Snare Drum Competition
Solo for Snare Drum
LIMITED EDITION, for the 2012 Atlanta Symphony Modern Snare Drum Competition
Dex moves through a myriad of textures, colors, and metric modulations to create a sort of “drumming fanfare” that is both fun to play and experience as a listener.
Dex moves through a myriad of textures, colors, and metric modulations to create a sort of “drumming fanfare” that is both fun to play and experience as a listener.
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This package contains ONLY the Solo Clarinet part and Solo Percussion part. This package does NOT contain a Piano Reduction Score, a Full Conductor Score, nor any ensemble parts. To […]
Fandango 13 is a virtuosic burst of energy from beginning to end. It was premiered by the Eastman Percussion Ensemble at PASIC 2013 and dedicated to those players who brought it to life so brilliantly.
Fandango 13 is a virtuosic burst of energy from beginning to end. It was premiered by the Eastman Percussion Ensemble at PASIC 2013 and dedicated to those players who brought it to life so brilliantly.
Home is dedicated to and commissioned by the internationally renowned percussion group Nexus. The piece is in three distinct movements and spans approximately 20 minutes.
Home is dedicated to and commissioned by the internationally renowned percussion group Nexus. The piece is in three distinct movements and spans approximately 20 minutes.
Premiered at PASIC 2017, MAG7 is a virtuosic ensemble piece that infuses multiple genres and artistic influences.
Premiered at PASIC 2017, MAG7 is a virtuosic ensemble piece that infuses multiple genres and artistic influences.
This work is an unsung hero of the marimba quartet literature. A classic that will bring smiles to the players’ faces at the first rehearsal (well, maybe the second rehearsal . . .), and the audience’s faces in the first 30 seconds.
This work is an unsung hero of the marimba quartet literature. A classic that will bring smiles to the players’ faces at the first rehearsal (well, maybe the second rehearsal . . .), and the audience’s faces in the first 30 seconds.
These much anticipated pieces appeal to players and audiences alike. They encompass a wide variety of stylistic writing, as Burritt exploits the technical and lyrical capabilities of the instrument.
These much anticipated pieces appeal to players and audiences alike. They encompass a wide variety of stylistic writing, as Burritt exploits the technical and lyrical capabilities of the instrument.
Commissioned by the 2009 Paris International Marimba Competition and its director, Frederic Macarez, Rounders uses sudden meter change and rhythmic syncopation to mimic the sensation of “rounding” the corners of […]