Heartland Marimba
Heartland Marimba began in 2014 through the vision and leadership of solo artist Matthew Coley (founding executive/co-artistic director). Along with Jenni Brandon (co-artistic director), Joe Millea (operations director), and other HMArtists they work to support and celebrate the classical marimba art form, benefiting performers, students, communities, and composers annually. Through a multifaceted business plan, HM averages 50 events a season. The HMQuartet and HMEnsemble showcase the talents of accomplished professional artists, emerging artists, and apprentices with a vibrant schedule of national and regional tours. HM maintains regular virtual programming with the Masterworks Series, Composer Laboratory and Festival, Composer Conversation Series, and other video releases. HMPublications has released more than 70 scores that can be purchased online. The organization strives to bring the unique music of the marimba to a wider audience and to build more opportunities for the art form.
The Musser Marimba Festival Orchestra 2025 Full Concert
Farandole by Georges Bizet/arranged by Daniel Krumm
A Ragtime Medley for Marimba Quartet by Scott Joplin/arranged by Matthew Coley
Aravot Lousaber (Ascending Light) by Matthew Coley (Armenian traditional)
MAX 2025 Heartland Marimba Showcase Video
Heartland Marimba Collaboration Reel 2025
Christmas Overture by Alex Orfaly
Death Valley Symphony: Dark Sky by Jenni Brandon / lyrics by Brandon Krieg / video by Dale Parson
Vessels of Song: A Collection of Klezmer Suites for Mallet Ensemble by Nicholas Papador
Small Steps by Jenny Klukken
Heartland Marimba Quartet Highlights from 2021
Nocturne by Jonathan Posthuma
Fugue Odyssey by Dolores White
Grand galop chromatique for Marimba Trio by Franz Liszt/arranged by Matthew Coley
Exajoule (2020) by Jeremy Muller (b. 1982)
Stronger Every Day (2021) by Julie Spencer
Fugue No. 5 in F Minor (c.1837) by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)/ Arr. by Coley*
Solar Flurries (2020) by Matthew Coley (b. 1979)*
Sonolenta (2020) by Marilyn Clark Silva (b. 1988)
Into the Hive (2020) by Yuta Tanaka (b. 1987)*
Grande Tarantelle (c.1864/2017) by Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869)/ arranged by Matthew Coley*
Prelude No. 1 by Felix Mendelssohn/arr. by Ryan Elvert
Principle of Vibration; Mvt. V by Brett William Dietz*
Principle of Vibration (2018); Mvt. I by Brett William Dietz (b. 1972)*
Virtual Masterworks Series, Winter 2022 Concert by HMQ
(a)symmetry by Robert Sanderl
The World in Your Hands by Rob Sanderl
Sonolenta by Marilyn Clark Silva
Exajoule by Jeremy Muller
Lost Forty by Erika Malpass