Get ready for an electrifying performance as the UCF Percussion Ensemble and Marcelina Suchocka, Ney Rosauro, Francisco Abreu, Tutti Choir Brasilia, and the UCF Choir take the stage for an evening of percussion music.

The first portion of the concert will feature the UCF Percussion Ensemble along with guest artist Marcelina Suchocka. The second half will be a special presentation of a new piece for solo percussion, percussion ensemble, and choir by Brazilian composer Ney Rosauro. The performance will be conducted by Rosauro and will be presented in collaboration with Francisco Abreu, solo percussion, the Tutti Choir Brasilia and the UCF Choir.

This featured concert comes at the culmination of a full day of percussion ensemble activities in Steinmetz Hall as we host the Percussive Arts Society Percussion Ensemble Competition and Festival, which featured percussion ensembles from around the state of Florida. The event was evaluated by Marcelina Suchocka and Jeff Moore.

About the Artists

The UCF Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Thad Anderson, offers students well-rounded experiences in all facets of ensemble playing. The ensemble presents audiences with varied programs that feature significant works for idioms such as chamber, mallet, large, historic, and world ensembles. The group frequently works with composers to commission and premiere new works for percussion ensemble. Some of these recent projects have included collaborations with Marc Mellits, Tiffany Connell, Jonathan Kolm, John Psathas, Bill Ryan, D.J. Sparr, Paul Lansky, David Bennet Thomas, Charles Griffin, James Norman, and Zack Browning. The debut UCF Percussion album, Patterns, was released in 2014 and features new quartets for two marimbas and two vibraphones. The ensemble presented the New Literature for Percussion Ensemble session at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in 2014 (Indianapolis, IN) and a concert of new music for clarinet and percussion ensemble at the 2017 International Clarinet Association ClarinetFest (Orlando, FL).

Born in Bialystok, Poland, Marcelina Suchocka is the Principal Percussionist for Sarasota Orchestra and the Britt Festival Orchestra. Marcelina enjoys a diverse career spanning orchestral, chamber, new music, and solo playing. She was a fellow at the New World Symphony in Miami Beach and has performed as an extra/substitute percussionist with the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Florida Orchestra, and the Utah Symphony. Marcelina has spent summers as a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center, Pacific Music Festival, the Music Academy of the West, National Repertory Orchestra, and Spoleto Festival. Marcelina has performed as a concerto soloist with the Chicago Symphony performing the Koppel Marimba Concerto. She is a founding member of Excelsis Percussion Quartet and Pathos Trio, and performs locally with ensemblenewSRQ.

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