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Zeltsman Marimba Festival Los Angeles

Zeltsman Marimba Festival Los Angeles

Source: Michael Ricci

Marimba Players of the World, Unite! Marimba Festival gives percussionists a chance to jam with others and spread the musical joy.

That could be the motto of the Zelts- man Marimba Festival, an annual gathering of percussionists who have a special affection for the mallet instrument that's a mainstay of symphony orchestras and a close cousin of the smaller xylophone and the more resonant vibraphone. The festival, first organized in 2001 by marimbist Nancy Zeltsman, has never made ...

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The Marimba Makes Itself Heard

The Marimba Makes Itself Heard

Source: Michael Ricci

The Marimba, Rich and Warm, Makes Itself Heard

Nancy Zeltsman, who has been playing the marimba since the 1970s and in 2001 founded the Zeltsman Marimba Festival.

“THE marimba is coming of age right now, and you can't throw a dead cat without hitting a marimba concert.They are now beautiful-sounding, resonant, warm, rich things, There was a time 25 years ago when the marimba and the xylophone were different but not that different. Both had a kind of brittle sound. ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

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Justin Time Records
1993

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