WELCOME to the Marimba 2010 International Festival and Conference website!
Dear marimba friend,
WELCOME to the Marimba 2010 International Festival and Conference website!
We hope that you will find the information in this site useful and inspirational in planning your visit to the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul next April 28-May 1. If you have an interest in the marimba, YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS BEING HERE!
Imagine having an event where the best marimba artists from around the world will come together to celebrate the instrument, its history, and its cultures...Where you can be present for the world premiere of works by some of today’s most creative composers...Where you will experience the marimba in various traditional representations from around the globe... Where you can experience the wonderful sounds of this instrument in some of the most beautiful acoustic spaces in the world... Where the marimba will be celebrated by the most renowned and prestigious artistic organizations in the Twin Cities... Where performances with symphony orchestras, chamber ensembles, bands, choirs, or in solo settings, will put the marimba in the foreground of musical activities for 3 1⁄2 days...
All of this and much more awaits you at the Marimba 2010 International Festival and Conference, a once-in-a-lifetime event that has been described already by some as “the single, most important event for the marimba, perhaps ever...!”
Please browse through our site and bookmark it so you can check back often. Look through the musical offerings that will be taking place with our wonderful artistic partners and check out the links provided to get a sense of the magnificent spaces where the marimba will be featured throughout this event!
Above all, make sure to plan ahead so you can be part of this amazing gathering. There is a great deal of interest in this event already and you will want to make sure to reserve your place early on.
I look forward to seeing you April 28-May 1, 2010 in Minneapolis and St. Paul!
In musical celebration of the marimba,
Fernando A. Meza
Artistic Director / Host
Support Marimba 2010
Marimba 2010 International Festival and Conference is a sponsored project of Springboard for the Arts, a nonprofit arts service organization. Contributions on behalf of Marimba 2010 may be made payable to Springboard for the Arts and are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.
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