Michael Burritt
percussion, (U.S.)
Michael Burritt is currently associate professor and director of percussion studies in the School of Music at Northwestern University. He has quickly developed a program of national distinction.
He previously held the position of associate professor of percussion at Kent State University. Mr. Burritt received his bachelor and master of music degrees, as well as the prestigious performers certificate from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. His teachers have included John Beck, Gordon Stout, Paul Yancich, and Herbert Flower.
Mr. Burritt has become one of the world’s leading percussion soloists and pedagogs, specializing in the areas of marimba, and is in frequent command performing concert tours and master classes throughout the United States, Europe, and Canada. He has released two solo recordings - Perpetual, and most recently Shadow Chasers, both comprised of original compositions, as well as works written expressly for him. He has been a featured artist at four Percussive Arts Society International Conventions, and in 1992 presented his New York solo debut in Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall.
Mr. Burritt is also active as a composer, having written two books of etudes, as well as numerous solo and chamber works for marimba and percussion. He is published with Ludwig Music, C. Allen and Keyboard Publications. He is also an artist/clinician and product designer/consultant for Malletech, where he has designed his own line of signature marimba mallets. He is also an artist and educational clinician with the Zildjian Company. Mr. Burritt is a current member of the Percussive Arts Society Board of Directors, and is a contributing editor for Percussive Notes Magazine.
