Upcoming Events

* = Ticketed event (Tickets can also be purchased at the door.)

April

• 4/4, 4:00 p.m. – Warren Wolf (vibraphone) solo concert (In partnership with the Berks Jazz Fest.) *

• 4/8-15 – Resonators Echo Festival – DARK SKY World Premiere

  • • 4/8, 7:30 p.m. [CMPR Performance Hall - Limited seating, 6:45 p.m. pre-concert talk, and reception to follow]

World Premiere of Death Valley Symphony; Dark Sky by Jenni Brandon/lyrics by Brandon Krieg (KU English faculty)

Kutztown University Percussion Ensemble with the KU Choirs and the Heartland Marimba Quartet *

• • • 4/9, 7:30 p.m. [Georgian Room, Old Main, Kutztown University] 

Death Valley Symphony; Dark Sky by Jenni Brandon/lyrics by Brandon Krieg (KU English faculty)

Kutztown University Percussion Ensemble with the KU Choirs and the Heartland Marimba Quartet *

• • • 4/14 – Honors Percussion Ensemble Day 

      • • Midday presentations, evening concert, and tours for the public.

        • Jill Work presents on the history of the marimba ensemble.

    • 4/15, 7:30 p.m. – Quey Percussion Duo (Gene Koshinski and Tim Broscious) and the University of Delaware Percussion Ensemble (Koshinski and Broscious, directors) *

May

• 5/6, 7:30 p.m. – The Lancaster Marimba Ensemble and the MarimBerks (CMPR Community Ensemble) Spring Concert *

• 5/10, 6:00 p.m. – Guest University Ensemble – Kent State University (Matt Holm, director) with the Heartland Marimba Quartet *

July

• 7/6-7/13 – The Center’s Symposium for Mallet Percussion Players (high school and college students) is held within the Kutztown University Summer Music Festival. With a world-class artist faculty, this will be a week-long intensive for young artists on solo marimba, jazz vibraphone, ragtime xylophone, or contemporary chamber music.

Event tickets can be purchased here.

*Click on a "season event" above to learn more about the artists and tickets. Scroll below to view a quick guide for the whole 2023-2024 season.

**All events are located in the Performance Hall, 1st floor of the Wells-Rapp Center for Mallet Percussion Research at Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA unless otherwise noted; e.g. [Georgian Room].