Born in Bialystok, Poland, Marcelina Suchocka is the Principal Percussionist of the Sarasota Orchestra. Ms. Suchocka enjoys a diverse career spanning orchestral, chamber, new music, and solo playing. She was a fellow at the New World Symphony in Miami and has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Utah Symphony, and the Florida Orchestra. She has also performed as soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra playing the Koppel Marimba Concerto.

Ms. Suchocka has spent summers as a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center, Pacific Music Festival, Music Academy of the West, National Repertory Orchestra and Spoleto Festival.

Ms. Suchocka is one of the founding members of Excelsis, an all-female percussion quartet based in New York City. She is also a founding member of Pathos Trio, which is a NYC based group whose focus is to play new commissioned pieces and mix styles of music. She also performs as a member of ensemblenewSRQ in Sarasota.

Ms. Suchocka is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music.