Venet, Andrea
Biography
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Studies: Eastman School of Music (Docter of Musical Arts), Rutgers University and Arizona State University
Teachers: Michael Burritt & She-e Wu & Bob Becker & Leigh Howard Stevens & J.B. Smith & William Cahn
Website: https://www.andreavenet.com/
Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTqqHbW6A70Xoy6SFceAwkCsh77g9ZuCo
Dr. Andrea Venet is a percussion artist, soloist, educator, composer, and chamber musician specializing in contemporary and classical genres. She is Associate Professor and head of the percussion department at the University of North Florida, where she directs the percussion ensemble, teaches applied percussion, pedagogy, literature, and methods courses, and co-directs the UNF NuMIX ensemble. As a concerto soloist, Venet has performed with the Banda Sinfónica de la Provincia de Córdoba, Banda Sinfonica de Arroyito, Central Iowa Wind Ensemble, UNF Wind Symphony, and as an orchestral musician has performed with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. In high demand as a guest artist and clinician, she has performed and presented nationally and internationally at institutions, festivals, and conferences including Universidad Provincial de Córdoba, Prairie Music Residency, Kyoto City University of Arts, TMEA, Great Plains International Marimba Competition, Arts Empowering Life Residency, Iowa Bandmasters Association, Percussive Arts Society International Convention, and the Steve Weiss Mallet Festival.
Venet is also a founding member of the percussion duo Escape Ten, formed in 2012 with Dr. Annie Stevens. Dedicated to exploring diverse musical styles through percussion, Escape Ten is known for collaborative commissioning projects, innovative arrangements, and dynamic touring performances. The duo has performed and lectured at more than 40 universities, appeared at five international conferences, and was featured on NPR’s Performance Today. As guest artists, their appointments have included the WASBE and Ágora Actual Festivals in Spain, McGill University, Barnes Foundation, Wells-Rapp Center for Mallet Percussion Research, Leigh Howard Stevens Marimba Seminar, Eastman School of Music, multiple PAS Days of Percussion, among many others. Concerto performances include the U.S. premiere of John Psathas’ double concerto for percussion and orchestra with the Roanoke Symphony, performances of Viet Cuong’s Re(new)al, and Séjourné’s Double Concerto. Through a collaboration with composer Eric Guinivan, Escape Ten received a prestigious marimba duo commission from the Fromm Foundation for Illuminations (2018).
Works for Percussion
Solo Works
Autumn (Venet) - Marimba
Kamelion - Snare Drum
Lava - Marimba
Revelation Song - Marimba
Solo With Ensemble Works
Blue Ranger - Vibraphone Solo; Percussion Quartet
Green Ranger - Vibraphone Solo; Percussion Quartet
Kibo - Snare Drum Solo; Percussion Quartet
White Ranger - Vibraphone Solo; Percussion Quartet
Ensemble Works
Bulldog - 4 Players
Omnes Trio - 3 Players
Faded Lines - 2 Players
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