Heartland Marimba performs in Waterloo, Galena, Cedar Rapids, Winnipeg, Minneapolis

• TBA – Center for the Arts, Waterloo, IA

• Aug 3 – Center for the Arts, Galena, IL

• TBA – Cedar Rapids Library Whippple Auditorium

• Aug 8 – The Space Between Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

• Aug 10 – Center for Performing Arts, Minneapolis, MN

  • Purchase tickets at the door or online HERE

  • $30 regular / $15 students (w/ ID) & seniors

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Performing with the American Ballet Theatre, Matthew will be seen onstage with his dulcimer at the Metropolitan Opera House in NYC for the production of THE WINTER’S TALE!

Heartland Marimba Artists will be working at the Avaloch Farms Music Institute during these dates.

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Matthew will be performing The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring with the Colorado Symphony.

Matthew is in residence with the Momentum Percussion Ensemble at Manheim Central High School. This is the birthplace of Clair O. Musser, and the concert will pay tribute to our classical marimba great!

Concert is May 15, 7pm eastern –

TWO WORLD PREMIERES ARE PLANNED!

Dreams of a Spring Jubilee by Matthew Coley*

for marimba, aquarion, and dulcimer soloist with percussion ensemble

Mazurka in C Minor by Clair O. Musser / transcribed by David Harvey

Additional music:

Bolero by Eustasio Rosales / arr. Musser (Momentum and alumni)

Tannhauser by Wagner / arr. Musser  (Momentum and alumni)

A Rossini Medley for Five Keyboard Percussion Soloists and Band by G. Rossini / arr. by M. Coley*

*Published by Heartland Marimba Publications

Performing with the American Ballet Theatre and the Pacific Symphony, Matthew will be seen onstage with his dulcimer for 5 shows at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, CA for the production of THE WINTER’S TALE!

HMQ will perform at the Oklahoma Day of Percussion.

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Ataraxia Duo performs in the Reading, PA area.

• 1/11/25 – Concerto premiere with the Berks Sinfonietta

• 1/12/25 – Duo concert at St John’s United Church of Christ, Wernersville, PA

• 1/13/25 – Duo performance at the Highlands Community of Wyomissing, PA

• 1/14/15 – Performances and classes for the orchestra program of Governor Mifflin High School, Shillington, PA

PERFORMING:

Umo’Ho’Ti (The Sacred Pole) – Concerto for Cimbalom, Harp, Percussion, and Strings by Jonathan Blair

Ambient Resonances by Peter Klatzow/ arr. by Ataraxia Duo

II. Echoes of Place

Del pari infeconda by Georg Reutter der jungere/ arr. by Ataraxia Duo

Nautilus for cimbalom and harp by Yuta Tanaka

Vocalise-etude en forme de Habanera by Maurice Ravel

Querido Amigo by Ney Rosauro (marimba and harp)

Danses by Claude Debussy/ arr. by Ataraxia Duo (marimba and harp)

1. Danse sacree

2. Danse profane

Nocturne by Jonathan Posthuma/ arr. by Ataraxia Duo (bowed psaltery and harp)

Songs to Tsimbalyra; No. 1 by Matthew Coley

Matthew is conducting and performing with the Heartland Marimba Orchestra.

Featured guest artists: David Harvey, marimba & Suzanne Hendrix-Case, mezzo-soprano

HM Orchestra members: Hunter Gross, HMQ; Nathaniel Holman, HME; Sophia Lo, HME; Ryan Pearson, HMQ; Jacob Scheidt, HM (intern); Marco Schirripa, HMQ; Yun-Chen Chou, student, Boston University; Aiden Endres, student, UNI; Luke Helker, guest, faculty, Fort Hays State University; Tess Lorraine, student, UNI; Trevor Maliborski, student, UW-Madison; Grayson Rushing, student, U of OK; Jesse Sheehan, student, UNI; Staci Toma, guest, UNI faculty; and Quinn Wubbena, student, UNI

CONCERTS:
December 14 - Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo, Iowa
December 15 - Steeple Square, Dubuque, IA

Program to include:
A Christmas Overture by Alex Orfaly
Chaconne in D Minor by J.S. Bach / arranged for HMQ by David Harvey
Ceiling Full of Stars by Blake Tyson
And many other favorites including Away in a Manger, Farandole, Waltz of the Flowers, Over the Rainbow, Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise, and It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

The concerts are free with a suggested donation.

Visit: www.HeartlandMarimba.com/events

HM is supported in part by the Iowa Arts Council, Iowa Public Radio, Steeple Square Events Center, and the Waterloo Center for the Arts.

Events

• 11/10 - 12pm - Chamichian Hall, Central Michigan University, Mt Pleasant, MI

• 11/11 - 11am - Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI

• 11/12 – Evening, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

• 11/14-16 – Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Indianapolis. Booth #916

• 11/15, Noon – “Vessels of Song” Concert, Wabash Room, PASIC, Indianapolis

• 11/18, 6-7pm – Pre-Concert Talk/Reception, Old Deagan/Century Mallets Building, Chicago

• 1770 W Berteau Ave #204, Chicago, IL 60613

• $5

• 11/18, 7:30pm – “Rosewood Anthropology” Concert, Artifact Events Space, Chicago

• 4325 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60613

• $25 reg / $15 seniors / $5 students

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Performing as a soloist on “New Voices in Contemporary Marimba Music”

And presenting as a lecturer on "Heartland Marimba, North America's Keyboard Percussion Organization, Presents a Retrospective of 100 Years of Mallet Ensembles"

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Click here to see WOQ performing “The Way Out” by Bjorn Berkhout.

The Center for Mallet Percussion Research at Kutztown University in Kutztown, PA, will host their first Symposium in conjunction with the KU Summer Music Festival.

www.KUCMPR.org

HMQ is recording Coley’s music with KSUPE: Rivers of Rage Concerto (I. Devil’s Throat; II. Turbulence; III. Caustic Erosion), Solar Flurries, Castles in the Clouds, and other compositions.

• May 10, 6 p.m. – HMQ performs with the KSU Percussion Ensemble (Matt Holm, director) at the Center for Mallet Percussion Research, Kutztown, PA

• May 11 – HMQ performs with the KSU Percussion Ensemble (Matt Holm, director) at Kent State University, Kent, OH

Visit www.HeartlandMarimba.com for updates and event schedules.

HMQ premieres Dark Sky and other movements of the Death Valley Symphony by Jenni Brandon, with KUPE (Frank Kumor, director), and KU Choirs.

• April 8, 7:30 p.m. – Center for Mallet Percussion Research Performance Hall

• April 9, 7:30 p.m. – Georgian Room, Kutztown University

Visit www.KUCMPR.org for tickets and more information.

Events TBA

HMQ will feature Romanski’s Concerto for Marimba Quartet and Orchestra in January!

• Jan. 20, 4:00 p.m. – HMQ performs a concert at Immanuel United Church of Christ with Korey Barrett (piano), Shillington, PA

• Jan. 25, 9:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. – Education concerts with the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra, Cheyenne Civic Center

• Jan. 26, 2:30 p.m. – Master class at the University of Wyoming-Laramie

• Jan. 27, 7:30 p.m. – Concert with the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra, Cheyenne Civic Center

• Jan. 28, 2:00 p.m. – Chamber concert, Cheyenne, WY

Visit www.HeartlandMarimba.com for updates and event schedules.