Andrea Venet
Associate Professor, Percussion, Area Coordinator
Contact: (904) 620-2960
Email: andrea.venet@unf.edu - Website
Dr. Andrea Venet is a percussion artist,
soloist, educator, and composer specializing in contemporary and classical
genres. She is currently Assistant Professor of Percussion and head of the
department at the University of North Florida, where she directs the UNF
percussion ensemble, teaches applied lessons, pedagogy, methods and percussion
literature. As a passionate educator, Dr. Venet’s research involves pedagogy,
with focus on college percussion education at various levels, classical
improvisation and historically informed Baroque performance practice techniques
for Bach on marimba. Her creative activity includes performance, composition,
and commissioning new works.
As
an international soloist, chamber musician, and clinician, Andrea maintains an
active performance schedule, having held appointments in Europe, Japan, Canada,
and Trinidad. Andrea has been a featured soloist at the Celebrate Marimba
Festival, Steve Weiss Mallet Festival, Prairie Music Residency (SK, Canada),
with the Kutztown University Symphony, in addition to being a featured
performer with SNL percussionist Valerie Naranjo, Ivan Trevino, the Lawson
Ensemble, Project Trio, and the Eastman Percussion Ensemble. Early in her
career, Andrea was a member of the award winning Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and
Bugle Corps from 2002-2004 and performed with Grammy winning alternative band
TOOL with the Gilbert Drumline in 2001. Most recently, she was invited to
present at the 2020 World Symposium of Choral Music in Auckland, NZ with Dr.
Cara Tasher.
Dr.
Venet’s percussion duo, Escape Ten, maintains a steady performance schedule
touring as guest artists and clinicians nationally and internationally. Through
collaboration with composer Eric Guinivan, they are the recipients of a marimba
duo commission awarded from the prestigious Fromm Foundation entitled
Illuminations (2018). In 2016 they performed a Showcase Concert at the
Percussive Arts Society International Convention, giving 3 world premieres by
Aurél Hollo, Joe Locke, and Michael Burritt. Consistently featured as guest
artists at music festivals, concert series, conferences, and at universities
nationally and internationally, select appearances include performances in
Spain at the Ágora Actual Percussion and WASBE festivals, the Academy of the Performing
Arts (UTT) in Trinidad, at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, and at the
Leigh Howard Stevens Marimba Seminar. They have collaborated with composers
Michael Burritt, Aurél Hollo, Emmanuel Séjourné, Ivan Trevino, Joe Locke, Steve
Danyew, Steve Ridley, Drew Worden, and Kelly Rossum. Escape Ten has their
own signature mallets (2020) and publication series of new percussion duos
through Malletech/Keyboard Percussion Publications (KPP). You can hear Escape
Ten on their first album Colours of a Groove. Please visit www.EscapeTen.com.
Andrea’s compositions and arrangements can be
found self-published via her website, through Keyboard Percussion Publications
(KPP), Tapspace, and Alfonse-Production, in addition to articles published
with Percussive Notes and Rhythm!Scene magazines.
Andrea holds a DMA in Performance and Literature with a minor in Pedagogy, and
the prestigious Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music. She
received her Masters and Bachelors degrees from Rutgers and Arizona State
University, respectively. Andrea is endorsed by Malletech, Remo, DREAM Cymbals,
Black Swamp Percussion, and currently serves as the Percussive Arts Society
Florida Chapter President. Find out more at www.AndreaVenet.com.
