Heartland Marimba performs in Warrenville, IL
Heartland Marimba has been committed to creating a viable market for the classical marimba art form since 2014. Embedded in this platform is a deep passion to bring marimba performance to communities of all sizes, especially small towns, and under-served communities. The marimba has a special place in the percussion world. It is comfortably at home in the university music programs as the “grand soloist” instrument of classical percussion. Composers are producing more and more for this instrument and we’ve seen performance practice advance exponentially in the last 40 years. However, when many percussionists graduate with multiple music degrees, leaving their institutions as prescribed marimba soloists, they find a rude awakening. There have not been tangible means of practicing their art and surviving in the real world as a marimba player. HM is working to change that for marimba artists, and in turn, benefit many communities! HM has produced more than 200 concerts in more than 50 cities since 2014. Thousands of children have experienced educational presentations by HM groups, more than 20 composers have written for HM groups, and at least 30 young artists have been employed by the HMEnsemble. There have been five HMFestivals at four different universities, the HMQuartet has done eight tours, and the HMEnsemble has done seven. We are currently in the midst of our 11th season which has included performances at the Midwest Arts Expo, University of Maryland, and the inaugural Musser Marimba Festival featuring 40+ marimbas on one stage with over 50 performers from around the nation.
The Music:
Samba from Divertimento for Three Marimbas by Takayoshi Yoshioka
Por una cabeza – Traditional/arr. Matthew Coley
Fugue no. 6, Op. 35 by Felix Mendelssohn/arr. Sophia Lo
Asymmetry by Robert Sanderl
Danzas Argentinas by Alberto Ginastera/arr. Nathaniel Holman
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by J.S. Bach/arr. Coley
Please Pay Us–We Play Marimba for a Living by Ujjal Bhattacharyya
Grand galop chromatique by Franz Liszt/arr. Coley
Event Links
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