CLASSICAL: Leigh Howard Stevens (1/26)

By Paloma Capanna on January 24, 2012

**UPDATE 1/25/12: Eastman School of Music announced that this concert has been cancelled. No additional information was given.**

Because Time magazine made the claim in 1988 that Leigh Howard Stevens is "the world's greatest classical marimbist," my curiosity was piqued. It turns out that Stevens created the four-mallet technique that broke through repertoire limitations for the instrument. On Thursday, Stevens will perform works by Bach, Tchaikovsky, Helble, and...Stevens. Stevens is also a composer and publisher, having founded Marimba Productions in 1979 to self-publish his manual on four-mallet playing. He holds patents for keyboard-percussion designs through his company, Malletech. And Stevens founded Resonator Records, specializing in keyboard percussion music. You can read more of his interesting story at mostlymarimba.com.

Leigh Howard Stevens plays Thursday, January 26 at 8 p.m. at Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs St. Free. 274-1100, esm.rochester.edu

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Mo said on Jan. 27, 2012 at 11:36am

Will Stevens be rescheduling to perform at ESM? I see it was cancelled on Jan 25th.

Willie Clark said on Jan. 27, 2012 at 12:53pm

Mo-I'm waiting to hear back on if the concert will be rescheduled or not. I'll let you know as soon as I do.

Willie Clark said on Jan. 27, 2012 at 1:51pm

Hey Mo-According to ESM they aren't sure yet if the show will be rescheduled this year or not. We'll have an update it it does.

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