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can never get to these concerts, im in FL and dont have the money, wondering if you and others have worked on pieces that deals with the education of 6 mallet pieces, i have worked on it but dont know any good pieces, and also to your question, yes, i always deal with finding a new piece after i finished a previous one, both two and four mallet
yellind1 1 year ago
@yellind1 Thanks for the comment! Six mallets are hard because no one has really figured out how to use them independently. (just mallet 2, 4 etc..)
tburritt1971 1 year ago
Thanks for the comment! I think these pieces will be a bit more challenging that early beginner works but I know they will all be great works musically.
tburritt1971 2 years ago
I totally agree that there is not enough repertoire for the intermediate marimba player. I've also been looking for more beginner level pieces for students for quiet some time. I don't know if anyone if familiar with the McMillan book "Percussion Keyboard Technic," but I've been looking for a four-mallet version of this. Essentially I'm looking for a book with half page or shorter etudes that can be given to a student with the expectation that they can actually learn it in one week.
criver135 2 years ago
Hope to meet you at ZMF this summer! Looking forward to seeing the impact this new rep will have on our instrument. I predict the impact to be monumental! Thanks for the comment and please spread the word about the show!
tburritt1971 3 years ago
YES!!! I've found myself on mostly marimba, steveweiss, honey rock and all over the place just listening, trying to find new music. I completely agree that there is not enough repp for the intermediate players and I'm excited about the festival! I'm for sure going to look into it!
WildcatDrummer8 3 years ago
Hello. Thank you for your episode here. I'm a percussionist in California and studied with Daniel Kennedy at CSUS. I was exposed to many pieces and I'm always looking for what is new. I've definitely found myself saying "what am I going to discover next...what am going to play?"
I'm now a high school band director and hope to inspire new percussionists to go on studying marimba in their college career. I look forward to seeing the new collection of marimba repertoire. Thank you again!
desireepb29 3 years ago
Always nice to hear from a west coaster! I played with Dan once, I think it was Nebraska somewhere. Please say hi if you see him. I think this collection of rep could be perfect for your more motivated and talented students. Please spread the word about the show, thanks!
tburritt1971 3 years ago
Yes. Even as I have played yellow after the rain and raindance, I get to hear our 7 freshmen play it day after day after day. We need more simple elegant music.
torrunator 3 years ago
Hey Juan: Thanks for your comment! Glad you enjoy and please spread the word about the show. Hope to see you soon.
tburritt1971 3 years ago
Hey Tom, Thanks for doing this. I'm sure a lot of people will apreciate it!! Keep going. Hope to here from you soon. Best Wishes
Juan Alamo
jmas78 3 years ago
Pedro! great playing at PASIC. Maybe next time you are in the states you can come to UT-Austin!
Later,
tburritt1971 3 years ago
Excellent comment, and something maybe Nancy can address. We'll see how many pieces are being written for low a. Thanks for commenting!
tburritt1971 3 years ago
Great show Tom - well done for all these! Keep goin'! Great to see ya at PASIC and congrats for the mallets!
pedrocarneiro 3 years ago
Yes, I have!
I think one of the main reason for this difficulty you mentioned is because a lot of intermediate and above pieces are written for a 5 oct instrument. I've seen it in schools like where I study, where there is only one 5 oct marimba to be share by 11 students daily and three 4.3 marimbas elsewhere. so you only have 1-2 hours each day with the big instrument, and so it puts the students in an awkward situation
mmcau 3 years ago
...where they have to find a intermediate piece that is of good quality, and at the same time written for a smaller instrument.
And this is especially true for advance pieces as well. This year is my last year for my bachelors program and I thought to myself in the beginning of sept that I want to learn mostly advance marimba pieces this year. But I also want to practice longer hours. with the aforementioned situation at our school, that was impossible as there isn't much repetoire for
mmcau 3 years ago
...a 4.3 instrument.
So I'm glad the ZMF project is going well as this is, without a doubt, a huge step forward for the marimba to mature as a concert instrument.
Keep up the good work!
mmcau 3 years ago