WORLD MUSIC: Pandit Swapan Chaudrhi, Tabla Beat Science, Omar Faruk Tekbek, Hasaan Hakmoon, Zakir Hussain, Traditional Morrocan, Turkish, West African and Indan Musics of all kind, water, birds, spirit, Dead Can Dance, Vas, Sheva, Hamsa El Din, Glen Velez, Sheila Chandra, Hamsa Lila, Hand's Onsemble, Peter Gabriel, Husky dogs, Rochester, NY, trees, wind, silence, breathe, Lee Morgan, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, making love, rain, pat metheny, Debussy, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Mozart, Telleman, Bach, Ravel, Bartok, kissing, raw chocolate, coconuts, Joni Mitchell, CSNY, Led Zepplin, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, organic red wine, the unknown....
Sounds Like
a nice glass of wine on a sunny day, a puppy playing in the grass, ocean waves, a symphony of chocolate...
Marla Leigh's music takes you on an ancient trance ~ percussive experience. Her music features percussive instruments from around the world, mixed with ethnic and western flutes, electronica ,voice and other wordly instruments. Marla has traveled around the world performing (with her ensemble and other groups)at festivals such as the Harmony Festival, Earth Day Festival, Los Angeles, Hawaii Healing Festival and the Luzerne Music Festival. She has played with world music artists such as Suzanne Sterling, Shimshai, Karnamrita Dasi, David Stringer and Hamsa Lila. She also organizes/teaches drumming retreats in beautiful places around the world.
Marla is currently working on her debut album, which will feature music from an upcoming journey to North Africa and the Middle East, to be released Spring 2009.
Marla has recently *Time Zone, an instructional DVD (with Ken Shorley) for Frame Drum and Darabuka and has also collaborated on various CD's. She also recently designed her own Signature series frame drum from Cooperman Co (available March 2008).
Marla plays Middle Eastern percussion (frame drum, riq), African percussion (Ghanaian style, Dgembe), Indian percussion (tabla, kanjira), unique hybrid world percussion "drumset ups", Western Flutes and other worldly flutes. She received a BFA and MFA from CalArts, and has studied with such percussion geniuses as Glen Velez, John Bergamo, Pandit Swapan Chadruhi, Ladzekpo brothers and Randy Gloss.
Hey Marla, Heard you had a beautiful concert!Really want to come see you sometime. It is awesome what you are up to. I was in Asheville, that weekend and had a blast. love and blessings, miranda Here's a link to some photos. http://www. flickr. com/photos/yveadams/
BONJOUR A TOUS AMIS BATTEUR & PERCUSSIONNISTE, N'HÉSITEZ PAS A POSTER VOS DEMOS AUDIO, VIDEO, INFOS CONCERTS, STAGES, MASTER-CLASS SUR NOTRE PAGE L'ESPACE COMMENTAIRES EST LIBRE...
Hey marla, Your workshop was great!Fun,informative and experiential! And it was fun to eat chocolate tofu birthday pie, in honor of your arrival on the planet. Look forward to drumming together! love, miranda
!!thank u for add me!!beautiful music is my honor u be my friend!!I send u my passion and all good energy love,peace and moon light for u spirit**besos,warm hug,virginia d,,ny..
