
Innovative Percussion is proud to welcome renowned composer, educator, and award-winning percussionist, Casey Cangelosi, to its artist family. Cangelosi has been referred to as the “Voice of the new generation” -Fernando
Meza, 2010
International Marimba Festival. His composition style and boundary-pushing virtuosity has
nicknamed Cangelosi “The Paganini of Percussion” among his peers and “a
marimbist of magisterial power and insight” by the Classical Marimba League.
Cangelosi has performed at some of
today’s most recognized festivals including the Piteå Percussion Repertoire Festival in
Piteå, Sweden; the 2010 International Marimba Festival in Minneapolis, Minnesota; the 2011
Zeltsman Marimba Festival in Appleton, Wisconsin; PASIC 2011 in Indianapolis, Indiana; and
the Zivkovic International Marimba and Percussion Summer Academy in Engers, Germany. In the
2011-2012 academic year alone, Cangelosi appeared as an invited guest-artist/clinician to
over 30 universities, high schools, and middle schools including the University of Alaska Fairbanks,
University of Texas at El Paso, Middle Tennessee State University, University of Delaware,
University of North Florida, Juan Diago High School, and the Toledo Center for the Arts.
Casey has won several performance
awards from academic institutions as well as the Percussive Arts Society, and
is a MTNA National Young Artist. Casey Cangelosi is proudly endorses Innovative
Percussion, Majestic, Mapex, Remo, Beiner Bags, Grover Pro Percussion, and
Zildjian.
For more information on Casey please visit www.caseycangelosi.com.