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Michael Burritt is one of his generation's most accomplished percussionists.

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Burritt, Michael

Biography

Born: April 23, 1962

Country: Syracuse, New York, U.S.A.

Studies: Eastman School of Music (B.M., M.M.)

Teachers: John Beck, Gordon Stout

Having performed on four continents and nearly forty states Michael Burritt is one of the World's leading percussion soloists. He is in frequent demand performing concert tours and master classes throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia and Canada. Mr. Burritt has been soloist with the Dallas Wind Symphony, Omaha Symphony, Chautauqua Festival Orchestra, Eastman Wind Ensemble, Ju Percussion Group (Taiwan), Percussion Art Quartet (Germany), Amores Percussion Group (Spain), Peaux (Sweden) and the Tempus Fugit Percussion Ensemble of Pittsburgh, PA. Mr. Burritt has three solo recordings - Perpetual, and Shadow Chasers and receltly released his third entitled Waking Dreams on the Resonator Records label. All the recordings are comprised of Burritt's original compositions as well as works written expressly for him. He has been a featured artist at seven Percussive Arts Society International Convention

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Michael Burritt

Having performed on four continents and more than forty states, Michael Burritt is one of his generation's most accomplished percussionists. He is in frequent demand performing concert tours and master classes throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Canada. Mr. Burritt has been soloist with the United States Air Force Band, Dallas Wind Symphony, Omaha Symphony, Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, Nexus, The Paris Percussion Group (France), The Amadinda Percussion Group (Hungary), Third Coast Percussion, Ju Percussion Group (Taiwan), Percussion Art Quartet (Germany), and the Amores Percussion Group (Spain). Mr. Burritt has three solo as well as numerous chamber recordings, including his work Home Trilogy, with the world-renown percussion group Nexus and soon to released a new recording of solo and chamber works by Alejandro Viñao with the Grammy Award winning Third Coast Percussion. In 2006 he recorded the Joseph Schwantner Percussion Concerto with the Calgary Wind Ensemble on the Albany label. Burritt recently premiered Fast Forward, a new chamber co

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Caritas

Michael Burritt

General Info

Year: 1992
Duration: c. 12:45
Difficulty: Grade 5+
Publisher: KPP
Cost: Score and Parts - $16.00 | Score Only - $0.00

Movements

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Instrumentation

Marimba

Program Notes

dedication: to the composer's daughters, Jennifer and Kelsey

Review

Caritas is a solo for a low-E marimba requiring traditional, independent and double lateral rolls. The three movements are "Mystic," "Solemn" and "Majestic." Each movement is "without meter indications in the hope that it will give the work a seamless visual concept." "Mystic" is marked at quarter note = 60 and for the most part is a series of thirty-second notes punctuated with ritards, accelerandos, crescendos and diminuendos. "Solemn" is a chorale with a strong sense of tempo at quarter note = 44. "Majestic" starts in a free improvised style and quickly progresses to a steady tempo of quarter note = 100. This tempo remains for the bulk of the movement but slows up towards the end. The ending, like the beginning, is in a free, improvised style. C