In this activity students will develop ideas and plans for constructing their own marimbas using readily available materials. As a variation, students could construct other percussion instruments such ...

Most of us don't know the marimba beyond the ringtone. But believe it or not, this instrument has been a big part of our musical history. The marimba is part of the percussion family of instruments, ...

Nesma Abdel Aziz shares her story of marimba passion, and plans for the future, with Ahram Online At a rehearsal room at the Cairo Opera House premises, Nesma Abdel Aziz chitchats with everyone with a ...

"It's mind-blowing for me to remember that because of one single request from my band director, my life has had such an incredible journey," says Tommy Dobbs, assistant professor of percussion at ...

Reporting from Tumaco, Colombia — The performing style of the man Angel Marino calls the greatest marimba player ever may help explain why the instrument is so obscure outside the villages along ...

Unless you’re Paul F. Tompkins or the creator of the video below, it’s pretty unlikely you’ve given Starbuck’s 1976 hit “Moonlight Feels Right” more than a passing thought lately. But those who have ...

The most famous Lancaster County native and musician you know little or nothing about might be Clair Omar Musser, the man who transformed marimba music. Musser’s collection of rare marimbas, ...

Aug. 4 (UPI) --Young musicians from across South Africa and Zimbabwe came together in Cape Town to break the Guinness World Record for the largest marimba ensemble, with 1,276 players. Marimba Jam, ...

Music from the Mexican state of Chiapas performed on an authentic marimba from the region bordering Guatemala will fill the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library's auditorium when the Kansas ...

Claire Hannah Collins is a former video journalist at the Los Angeles Times. She was born in Hong Kong and lived in Amman, Jordan, until she was 18. Before moving to Los Angeles, she studied photo and ...

Nesma Abdel Aziz shares her story of marimba passion, and plans for the future, with Ahram Online At a rehearsal room at the Cairo Opera House premises, Nesma Abdel Aziz chitchats with everyone with a ...