Mike Ranelli
Percussion and Timpani
Mike Ranelli
Percussion and Timpani
Mike Ranelli is active as a freelance percussionist in the Washington, DC area and throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. He performs professionally with numerous orchestras, including the National Symphony Orchestra, the Richmond Symphony and the Annapolis Symphony, as well as the National Philharmonic, Maryland Symphony, Fairfax Symphony, Roanoke Symphony, and the Prince William Symphony.
Mike has performed as timpanist with the acclaimed Eclipse Chamber Orchestra,
an ensemble comprised mainly of National Symphony Orchestra members. Some of his ECO performances have been broadcast on American Public Media's "Performance Today" program.
Mike has performed in opera productions for the Baltimore Opera, Virginia Opera, Opera Roanoke and the Annapolis Opera. He also performs each summer with the Chesapeake Orchestra at the St. Mary's River Concert Series.
A veteran theatre percussionist, Mike has performed with the national touring production of The Producers, numerous shows at the Olney Theatre (Camelot, Peter Pan, Fiddler on the Roof, 1776, Godspell, Triumph of Love, Call of the Wild, Eubie), and musicals at many other venues. (Once on This Island, Kismet, Godspell, The King and I, Sound of Music, Grease, South Pacific, Once Upon a Mattress.) He has appeared with choral groups such as the The Washington Chorus, Fairfax Choral Society, Cantate Chamber Choir, Annapolis Chorale, the World Bank/IMF Choral Society and many church choirs throughout the DC area. He frequently records symphonic band music for the Alfred, FJH and C.L. Barnhouse music publishing companies.
In addition to performing, Mike is also an active teacher and clinician. He maintains a private studio in Millersville, MD, and is currently the marching percussion instructor at Annapolis Area Christian school, Good Counsel High School and Northwood High School.
Mike has taught private lessons and percussion pedagogy at the college level, having served on the faculty of Roanoke College, Lynchburg College, Liberty University and Radford University. He has given clinics at colleges and high schools in Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia, and appeared as a clinician at the 2004 VA/DC Percussive Arts Society Day of Percussion and 2007 MD/DE PAS Day of Percussion.
Mike is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, where he served as Principal Percussionist of the Eastman Wind Ensemble under Donald Hunsberger, and performed professionally with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. He is a member of the Vic Firth Education Team and serves as Treasurer of the Maryland/Delaware Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society.
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