Gwendolyn Burgett

Gwen Burgett is currently associate professor of percussion at the Michigan State University College of Music. Burgett is a proponent of new music and has participated in consortium’s to commission new works from composers such as Alejandro Vinao, Peter Klatzow, Paul Lansky, Martin Bresnick, John Serry and Roshanne Etezady. She is also principal percussionist with the Lansing Symphony Orchestra. She has previously performed with the Detroit Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, the Solisti New York Orchestra, the Grand Rapids Symphony and the Traverse Symphony Orchestra.