Percussion Ensemble

Percussion Ensemble

The CMU Percussion Ensemble has performed in America's Thanksgiving Day Parade, held annually in Detroit and broadcast nationally on CBS. They have performed concerts for the International/National Conventions of the Music Educator's National Convention, Percussive Arts Society International Convention, College Band Director's National Association, International Association of Jazz Educators, and the Music Teacher's National Association. The ensemble has performed annually at The Montreux-Detroit Jazz Festival and the Notre Dame Jazz Festival.

The ensemble has premiered Michael Colgrass' Pulitzer Prize winning composition Déjà Vu for Percussion Quartet and Wind Ensemble, David Maslanka's Arcadia II for Marimba and Percussion Ensemble, Maslanka's Montana Music: Three Dances for Percussion, and David Gillingham's national award-winning composition Paschal Dances.

Faculty

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

Wind Symphony & Symphony Band

Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Staples Family Concert Hall
Price: This concert is free and open to the public.

Faculty Jazz Sextet - Jazz Weekend

Date: Thursday, February 11, 2010
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Staples Family Concert Hall
Price: $5 public, $3 students/seniors. Tickets are available at the Central Box Office by calling 774-3000.

Jazz Weekend - Guest Artist - Nicholas Payton, trumpet, PLACHTA

Date: Friday, February 12, 2010
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Plachta Auditorium - Warriner Hall
Price: $10 public, $7 students/seniors. Tickets are available at the Central Box Office by calling 774-3000.

CMU Orchestra

Date: Sunday, February 14, 2010
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: Staples Family Concert Hall
Price: This concert is free and open to the public.

CMU Percussion Ensemble

Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Staples Family Concert Hall
Price: This concert is free and open to the public.
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