Attacca Percussion Group

Marc Dinitz, Adam Green, and Scott Pollard are the Attacca Percussion Group, a highly diverse ensemble dedicated to performing in myriad musical styles and concert settings. Attacca’s performances are an exploration of the infinite visual and aural possibilities of percussion. An entire program can feature a single marimba in a living room, a calypso band on a river boat, or hundreds of exotic instruments enhanced by lighting and electronics, filling even the biggest stage in a true multi-media spectacle. The group’s extensive repertoire runs the gamut from the earliest Western percussion music and traditional arrangements to the most avant-garde contemporary compositions from around the globe.

Based in Washington, D.C., Attacca has performed feature concerts for music schools and chamber music series throughout the East Coast and Midwest. 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 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. Attacca is an active artist endorser of Pearl Drums and Adams Musical Instruments.

Attacca is an Italian musical term meaning “to continue without pause.” 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.....

Marc Dinitz, originally from Rockville, MD, is a member of the Attacca Percussion Group and the United States Air Force Concert Band in Washington, D.C. Previously, he has performed with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, the Houston Grand Opera and the Spoleto Festival Orchestra in Charleston, SC. As a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago for the 1995-97 seasons, Marc performed under the direction of Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Sir Georg Solti, Zubin Mehta and Christoph Eschenbach. Marc is an active performer with many of the D.C. area's theater companies, including Arena Stage, the Studio and Signature Theaters and MetroStage. He is also Director of Percussion at Robert E. Lee High School in Springfield, VA.
Marc received his Bachelor's of Music from Northwestern University in 1997, where he studied with Patricia Dash, Michael Burritt and Paul Wertico. In 1999 he earned his Master's of Music from Rice University in Houston, TX as a student of Richard Brown.

Adam Green, a native of Cincinnati, OH, is a member of the Attacca Percussion Group and the United States Air Force Concert Band in Washington, D.C.. Prior to joining the Air Force Band in 2002, Adam performed with the Houston Symphony, Houston Grand Opera, Honolulu Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, Spoleto Festival (Italy) and Sun Valley (Idaho) Summer Symphony. Before moving to the Washington D.C. area, Adam lived in Texas where he worked as a freelancer and teacher. Adam has taught privately and coached percussion classes in Arlington and Houston, TX, as well as Washington D.C.. In 1998, as a student of John Beck, Adam received his Bachelor’s of Music and was awarded the prestigious Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music. Adam continued his education at Rice University in Houston, TX, where he received his Master’s of Music in 2000 as a student of Richard Brown.

Scott Pollard, a native of Raleigh, NC, is a founding member of the Attacca Percussion Group and currently performs with the United States Air Force Concert Band in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the band, Scott was the Associate Principal Timpanist / Percussionist with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra for three years. He has maintained an orchestral artist endorsement with the Avedis Zildjian Cymbal Company since 1999. In recent years Scott has performed with the North Carolina Symphony, Houston Symphony, Houston Grand Opera, Maryland Symphony, and the Grand Teton Festival Orchestra in Wyoming. While living in Cincinnati, OH, he was a music director for the inner city Over-the-Rhine Steel Drum Band and played lead pan for the Quilombo Steel Quartet. As percussion director at the Governor’s School in Winston-Salem, NC from 1997-2002, Scott specialized in avant-garde orchestral music and frequently organized group compositional workshops and site-specific chamber music/dance projects. He earned his Bachelor’s of Music (magna cum laude) from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in 1996 as a student of James Culley and his Master’s of Music from Rice University in 1999 as a student of Richard Brown.

Visit Attacca at www.attaccapercussiongroup.com.