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Attacca
(ät-täk'kä)
Based
in Washington, D.C.,
Attacca has performed feature concerts for music schools and chamber
music series throughout the country. Their frequent educational
programs and clinics represent a focused dedication to bringing
percussion music to younger listeners. Audience members of all ages and
backgrounds have shown tremendous Although each member of the ensemble boasts an impressive list of individual achievements in the music business, Attacca is the unique synthesis of three best friends and musical soul mates realizing they HAD to make music together. Scott and Marc first met at Rice University in Houston, TX, where they instantly connected musically and personally. They discussed forming a percussion trio at the time, but were missing one key element, Adam, whom they met when he joined them at Rice the next year. The unnamed trio performed together in school for only eight months before their careers took them to all parts of the country. Ironically, this separation only strengthened their bond and gave the trio both a name and a goal...
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enthusiasm
for Attacca’s promise to interact with them after (and
sometimes during) every performance. The group has, in addition,
donated its musical services to several charity events benefiting world
hunger and drug and alcohol awareness. Distinguished
performances and clinics include the Percussive Arts Society
International Convention in Nashville, the Kennedy Center in Washington
D.C., the Rice University National Composer's Conference, the
Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, the North Carolina School of
the Arts, and the National Gallery of Art.
