While the contributions of the solo marimba continue to evolve within the world of concert percussion, so do the demands of the mallets that are used by their players. The IP501-IP504 marimba mallets feature large round synthetic cores wrapped with a soft but durable Charcoal synthetic yarn. The core and yarn mix provide a two tone like quality and work perfectly for solo type playing.
The IP511-IP514 mallets feature rubber cores wrapped in a light Heather Gray Yarn. The Rubber cores provide you with soft cloud like sounds at the lower dynamics and warm, dark, and rich sounds at higher dynamics.
All 8 models are built on polished birch handles and the heavier cores increase projection and enhance the fundamental tone coming out of the marimba.
- IP501 - SOFT MARIMBA – SYNTHETIC CORE
- IP502 - MEDIUM SOFT MARIMBA – SYNTHETIC CORE
- IP503 - MEDIUM HARD MARIMBA – SYNTHETIC CORE
- IP504 - HARD MARIMBA – SYNTHETIC CORE
- IP511 - SOFT MARIMBA – RUBBER CORE
- IP512 - MEDIUM SOFT MARIMBA – RUBBER CORE
- IP513 - MEDIUM HARD MARIMBA – RUBBER CORE
- IP514- HARD MARIMBA - RUBBER CORE
Features:
- Heavier cores for increased projection & enhanced fundamental tone
- Large polished Birch handles to assist with balance, control, and durability
- IP501-IP504 Synthetic cores and soft yarn provide two tone type qualities
- IP511-514 Rubber cores provide warmth, and darkness at all dynamic levels
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William MoerschProfessor and Chair of Percussion
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
William Moersch is Professor and
Chair of Percussion at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Internationally renowned as a marimba virtuoso, chamber and symphonic
percussionist, recording artist, and educator, he has appeared as soloist with
orchestras and in recital throughout North and South America, Europe, the Far
East, and Australia. A regularly featured artist at international percussion
festivals, Mr. Moersch has performed on more than seventy recordings and is
perhaps best known for commissioning over the past thirty years much of the prominent
modern repertoire for marimba, from composers including Irwin Bazelon, Richard
Rodney Bennett, Martin Bresnick, Jacob Druckman, Eric Ewazen, David Lang, Paul
Lansky, Libby Larsen, Steven Mackey, Akemi Naito, Roger Reynolds, Gunther
Schuller, Joseph Schwantner,
John Serry, Andrew Thomas, Alejandro Viñao, and Charles Wuorinen. In
addition, he was the first marimbist ever to receive a National Endowment for
the Arts Solo Recitalist Fellowship and has also been honored by NEA Consortium
Commissioning and Recording grants.
Prior to his appointment at the University of Illinois, Mr.
Moersch was a free-lance musician in New York City for over two decades. He
performed with the American Symphony, Metropolitan Opera, New Jersey Symphony,
New York Chamber Symphony, New York City Opera, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande,
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, as a featured soloist in the New York Shakespeare
Festival’s Broadway production of The
Pirates of Penzance, and on numerous
motion picture soundtracks. Mr. Moersch also created graduate degree programs
in marimba performance at the Peabody Conservatory and Rutgers University and
has presented master classes throughout the world. Currently, he is Principal
Timpanist of Sinfonia da Camera and the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra,
Artistic Director of New Music Marimba, and an Artist Endorser for Pearl / Adams
Percussion, SABIAN cymbals, Grover Pro Percussion, and Innovative Percussion
mallets.
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