VCUarts Percussion

Percussion Ensemble concert this Thursday, Dec 4th at 7pm. Free to the public!

Congrats .e.m_xx for winning the Outstanding Achievement in Performance Award from VCU Music!

The Day of Percussion was a wonderful success! Many thanks to for coordinating the event, and the many teachers and students who made time on their Saturday to celebrate the percussive arts!

VCU Percussion was well-represented - won the collegiate solo marimba competition, and incoming first-year won the High School / two mallet division! Congrats Marshall and Anna, and the rest of the chapter! Looking forward to next year’s event!

Wonderful performances by and tonight on their joint Junior Recital!

Join us this Sunday for a wonderful afternoon of percussion music! 4:00 PM at the VCU Singleton Center

Yesterday we have the privilege of hosting for a master class! Students from the VCU Percussion Studio and the studio performed and were coached by TCP. Thanks to for collaborating with us!

Some shots from taken at PASIC 2024 when the VCU Percussion Studio performed Jamie Whitmarsh’s “Concerto for Drum Set and Percussion Ensemble”!

will be at VCU next Monday, March 31 for a percussion master class! FREE AND OPEN to any interested percussionists, the class will run from 5-6:30 in the Singleton Center for the Performing Arts!

🚨🚨New Faculty🚨🚨

As we start the Spring 2025 semester, we are excited to announce that Dr. Emre Kartari will be joining us as Professor of Jazz Drum Set!

Emre Kartari is a musician and educator with over three decades of experience in the world of jazz. He has collaborated and shared the stage with David Liebman, Houston Person, Melissa Aldana, Troy Roberts, Janis Siegel, John Fedchock, Marshall Gilkes, Mike Richmond, Paul Pieper, Anthony Pirog, Janel Leppin, John D’earth, Howard Curtis, George Colligan, Chris Whiteman, Paul Langosch, Eddie Williams, Justin Kauflin, Darius Jones, John Toomey, Chris Brydge, among others.

Hailing from Ankara, Turkey, Emre has been instrumental in promoting jazz music and education in the country. He has initiated state-funded jazz college degree programs at the Ankara State Conservatory, and Yasar University.

Emre has curated numerous music festivals, tours, and projects in collaboration with the American Embassy in Turkey and the Fulbright Association. He founded the Izmir International Jazz Camp, which featured faculty from Virginia Commonwealth University, James Madison University, and Graz Conservatory. Emre served as a juror for the National Endowment for the Arts.

Emre is endorsed by Canopus Drums and Istanbul Agop Cymbals.

Here’s a couple of sneak peeks of our performance of Jamie Whitmarsh’s Concerto for Drum set and Percussion Ensemble! Come check us out bright and early on Thursday, Nov. 14 at 9:00 am in room 120!