Thomas Burritt
"Rhapsody for Marimba 'Night Rhapsody'"
Focus Day Performance
Thursday, 1:00 p.m.

Thomas Burritt received degrees from Ithaca College School of Music (B.M. – Education and Performance), Kent State University (MM), and Northwestern University (DMA). 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 in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall as member of the Hammers and Sticks Ensemble. As a percussion soloist, Burritt has been active performing concertos by Steve Mackey, Joseph Schwantner, Michael Daugherty, David Maslanka, and James MacMillan.  Burritt's first solo CD recording, All Times Identical - New American Music for Marimba, was released in November 2006.  In 2009, Burritt was nominated for a Grammy for his performances on Conspirare in Concert. He is currently Associate Professor and Director of Percussion Studies at the University of Texas at Austin and is a clinician for LLC/Malletech Instruments and Mallets, and Zildjian Cymbals.

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