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Madison Marimba Quartet 2004 : Tim Gruber Laura Guse Jim Latimer Tom Shaver
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Wisconsin's premier percussion ensemble...it's refreshing, it's nice; you have to hear it to believe it...classical, jazz and contemporary literature.
Genre: Classical: Traditional
Release Date: 2004
Tim Gruber Laura Guse Jim Latimer Tom Shaver Record Label: Capitol City Band Association
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Amazing Grace 2:55 Album Only
Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10 Assez vif et bien rythme 3:51 Album Only
Quartet in D Major, Op. 11 Allegro giusto 6:57 Album Only
Sleigh Ride 2:37 Album Only
Eight Stylized Variations on a Theme of Paganini-Opening Theme 0:43 Album Only
Eight Stylized Variations on a Theme of Paganini-Italy 0:58 Album Only
Eight Stylized Variations on a Theme of Paganini-Spain 1:32 Album Only
Eight Stylized Variations on a Theme of Paganini-Russia 1:48 Album Only
Eight Stylized Variations on a Theme of Paganini-Middle East 1:31 Album Only
Eight Stylized Variations on a Theme of Paganini-Brazil 1:31 Album Only
Eight Stylized Variations on a Theme of Paganini-France 1:22 Album Only
Eight Stylized Variations on a Theme of Paganini-China 1:18 Album Only
Eight Stylized Variations on a Theme of Paganini-USA (finale) 2:30 Album Only
Fugue in C Major 2:41 Album Only
The Pearls 3:48 Album Only
Elite Syncopations 3:46 Album Only
Jitterbug Waltz 2:10 Album Only
Nursery Rhyme Medley 2:27 Album Only
Wizard of Oz Fantasy 4:38 Album Only
Gymnopedie No. 1 2:12 Album Only
Promenade 2:35 Album Only
Fugue for Tinhorns 1:16 Album Only
The Typewriter 1:46 Album Only
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Album Notes

We hope you enjoy our gift to you. Founded in 1982, the Madison Marimba Quartet is Wisconsin's premier percussion ensemble. It is a unique ensemble that one has to see (and hear) to believe. Unlike quartets of different instruments, there is a smooth transition from player to player especially during improvisations. The sound of four marimbas being played together is amazing from the first note of Amazing Grace through a Grieg, Mozart or Brahms quartet to the last note of So What. It's nice, it's different, it's refreshing and it is still a relatively new art form in music performance. The quartet is committed to playing from the standard classical, contemporary, jazz and popular literature. MMQ delights in playing music from around the world.MMQ performs regularly by invitation for a fee.

The quartet is grateful to composers Don James (Los Angeles, CA), Frank Ferriano (Madison, WI) and Dan Woolpert (Oregon, WI) for compositions and/or arrangements for the Madison Marimba Quartet.

Our message is peace-filled and from the heart. Music heals. It reminds us of who we are.


Meet the Performers

Tim Gruber teaches music in the Madison schools and is a member of Atimevu Drum and Dance, a group that performs traditional music and dance from Ghana. His study tour of Ghana inspired his composition "Ghana Sweet." Tim joined the quartet in 1993.

Laura Guse put her electrical engineering career on hold to be a stay-at-home wife and mom. She has played marimba for more than 25 years and joined the quartet in 2003. She says, "I really look forward to MMQ weekly rehearsals, it's different from what I do all day long."

Jim Latimer,well known for his dedication and promotion of music,is conductor of one of Wisconsin's finest professional concert bands, Madison's Capitol City Band. In 1999, he retired from a thirty-one year distinguished career as professor of music at UW-Madison and timpanist with the Madison Symphony Orchestra. Jim founded the quartet in 1982.

Tom Shaver is high school band director at Portage WI. Prior to the Portage assignment, he established one of the most outstanding elementary/middle school band programs in Wisconsin in the Westfield School District. Tom has been playing with the quartet since 1991.

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