Percussionist and educator Gage Kroljic is a graduate of The Pennsylvania State University with dual bachelor degrees in music education and percussion performance. His primary percussion study was guided by Dan C. Armstrong and Gifford Howarth. Gage's performing experiences while at Penn State included the  Philharmonic Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Percussion Ensemble, and Mallet Ensemble. He also played in the pit orchestra for the School of Theatre's musical productions.

 

Gage has been the recipient of many notable honors in and out of academia. He was selected to perform in the Penn State School of Music's showcase "Mosaic" as a soloist and member of small chamber ensembles on multiple occasions. In the Spring of 2019, he performed the Gene Koshinski's "Concerto for Marimba and Choir (with percussion)" with the Penn State Concert Choir.

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Outside the School of Music, Gage has also performed with the Atlantic Brass Band, Altoona Symphony Orchestra, Nittany Valley Symphony, Mad Beatz Philly Drumline and various drum and bugle corps. He has served as a percussion technician for the Pennsauken High School Marching Band, and teaches private music instruction.

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During the summers of 2018 and 2019, Gage served a residential and teaching assistant at Wyoming Seminary's "Summer at Sem Creative Arts" program and studied with Gene Koshinski.

 

In the summer of 2017, he attended the 8th edition of the International Katarzyna Mycka Marimba Academy (IKMMA) in Arcata, California. While there, Gage studied under various percussion artists from across Europe including Katarzyna Mycka, Jean Geoffroy, Andreas Boettger, Juan David Forero, Conrado Moya, and Filip Mercep.

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These experiences revealed new musical approaches, which Gage fused with his own technical ideas to build his personal sound-concept as an artist, and introduced him to his new fascination, that of world percussion.

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