The award-winning Virginia Tech Percussion Ensemble, directed by Dr. Annie Stevens, is a university ensemble open to undergraduate music majors and non-majors by audition. Past guests with the ensemble have included Michael Burritt, Andrea Venet, Matthew Coley, Heather Thorn, Scott Herring, Otu Kojo (West African Drummer), and Valerie Naranjo. The ensemble has competed three times at the PASIC University Chamber Ensemble Competition, placing in the top three each time, including first place in 2017. VTP performs a wide body of repertoire from world premieres and classical transcriptions to traditional West African drumming music and large percussion orchestra pieces. The ensemble frequently collaborates with dancers and film makers, and concerts feature several guest artists throughout the year. The dancers included in this proposal are Virginia Tech students in the Advanced Dance Class, directed by Rachel Rugh, and members of the “National Society for Dance Honor Society”.