Mike Truesdell was the second place winner of the 2010 TROMP International Percussion Competition in the Netherlands, and maintains an active schedule of solo recitals.  He has performed with numerous ensembles, including the New York City Ballet, New York New Music Ensemble, Lucerne Festival Ensemble conducted by Pierre Boulez, with members of the New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera, Chamber Music Society, and Alarm Will Sound.  He is a founding member of Spectrum Trio, a group performing original compositions based in the African diaspora.  He is on faculty at the Zeltsman Marimba Festival, Assistant Director of the nief-norf Summer Festival, and founder and director of the Wildcat Percussion Camp.  A native of Wisconsin, he is currently a candidate for the DMA at Juilliard.  Previous PASIC performances have included the 2007 Solo Marimba Competition where he placed second, and in 2009, a Focus Day performance of Ben Wahlund’s “Hard-Boiled Capitalism” and a world clinic with Spectrum Trio.