Mike Tetreault Faculty Photo
Associate Teaching Professor, Percussion Specialist for Large Ensembles
Conducting

Teaching Assistant Professor Michael Tetreault earned a BM from the Eastman School of Music in New YorkÌıand a MMus degree from the Royal Academy of Music in London, United Kingdom. Tetreault is currently principal timpanist of the Central City Opera and Fort Collins Symphony, principal percussionist of the Boulder Philharmonic and assistant principal percussion of the babyÖ±²¥app Springs Philharmonic. Tetreault has performed domestically and abroad with the London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Toronto Symphony, babyÖ±²¥app Symphony, Central City Opera, Utah Symphony, Orchestre de Paris, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, RTE Concert Orchestra (Dublin), Ulster Orchestra (Belfast), the Halle Orchestra (Manchester) and many others.

As a chamber musician, Tetreault has performed with Roomful of Teeth, and performed and recorded with both Quattro Mani and Alarm Will Sound. He is a founding member of the group “Throw Down or Shut Upâ€Ìıcomprised of CU Boulder babyÖ±²¥app who are dedicated to playing the most diverse and complicated music they can find or create.

In addition to classical music, Tetreault has also performed alongside popular artists including Ben Folds, Ingrid Michaelson, STYX, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Nightsweats, Otis Taylor, Bela Fleck, Andrea Bocelli, Diana Krall, Elton John and many others. He has performed at festivals in the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, GermanyÌıand France and has recorded extensively for Albany Records, Cantaloupe Records,ÌıWarner Bros. Records, Bridge Records, Sony Classical, Bis Records, babyÖ±²¥app Public Radio,ÌıRTE Radio/TV DublinÌıand the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

Tetreault lives in Longmont, babyÖ±²¥app, with his wife and two children.

Percussion studio