Percussion Artist to Perform Feb. 25

World renowned percussion artist, Michael Compitello, will perform an evening solo percussion concert at 8 p.m. Feb. 25 in the Ophelia Parrish Performance Hall.

Compitello earned his Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from Yale School of Music and a Bachelor of Music from the Peabody Conservatory, where he studied with the renowned percussionist Robert van Sice. Compitello is currently the director of percussion studies at the University of Kansas. He has performed and taught contemporary chamber music with the Ensemble Modern and the International Modern Academy in Frankfurt, Germany, on a Fullbright Grant. He is considered an international champion of new and recent works for solo percussion, as well as mixed consort chamber music, working with composers such as Helmut Lachenmann, Nicolaus Huber, David Lang, John Luther Adams and March Applebaum.

In addition to his concert, Compitello will present a series of masterclasses. His visit is sponsored by the University Percussion Society, the Department of Music Visiting Artist Grant Program, Pearl/Adams corporation and Zildjian Cymbals. For more information about this event contact Michael Bump at mbump@truman.edu.