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Camps and Artist Events!Featuring Mike Balter artists

Drew Tucker, Dick Sisto, and Peter Ferry

Drew Tucker Teaching at Mallet LabSummer Intensive June 12 - 17Everyone approaches mallet instruments differentlyand with different intentions, the Malletlab SummerMallet Intensive is designed with the player in mind.

Work on your chops for your front ensembleperformance with Matthew Hernandez, FrontEnsemble Coordinator of the world classFinalist Blue Stars Drum & Bugle Corps. Work yourjazz chops with some of the best vibraphoneplayers in the game, including Warren Wolf & DrewTucker, and work with master educator EricRucker on some of the leading mallet andpercussion works along with Ivan Trevino, one of theforemost percussion composers in the world.Only 20 spots available so sign up now!

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Dick Sisto at Jamey Aebersold'sSummer Jazz Workshop!This summer, study with the Jazz Master and theauthor of "The Jazz Vibraphone Book: Etudes in theStyle of the Masters", Dick Sisto. Classes start July 2nd!

Participants get master classes on theirinstruments, ear-training sessions, free concerts bythe all-star faculty each night (we've been told theseare worth the cost alone!), jazz theory classes (fourlevels, from beginning to advanced), and muchmore! Of course, there are the all-important comborehearsals, led by our instructors, where studentsare matched (via a private audition on Sunday) withothers of the same ability.Learn More About Jamey Aebersold's Summer

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Rite of Spring Dance Party!Peter Ferry will be leading a fullorchestra's percussion section in a Stravinsky ravein Washington, DC on Saturday, March 18th. That isnot a typo, so you should be ready to dance to theriot-inducing ballet score.

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Vibes Workshop is a community of musicians with access to articles, forums, andtons of great content to help advance your playing and understanding.

Mike Balter artist Tony Miceli posts a weekly free lesson on this site along with other greatcontent and information about Vibraphone education, master classes and festivals. Join

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Welcome New Artists!We are honored to welcome these artists to the Mike Balter Family of Artists!

Jason MarsalisJason has been a drum set player since the age ofthree and a vibes player since 2000. In 2009 Jasonand the Marsalis family was named Jazz Masters bythe NEA. Later that year, Marsalis released his firstalbum on vibraphone titled "Music Update". Fouryears later, Jason released his second album as aband leader on vibes titled "In a World of Mallets".The album won an Offbeat Music Award and wasnumber one on the CMJ radio charts. His latestalbum is titled "Heirs of the Crescent City", asoundtrack to the film "Heirs", a documentary aboutthe traditions and cultures of New Orleans passed onthrough generations.

Learn more about Jason...Jason's Artist Page

Don WilliamsDon Williams is a musician in every way. Performer,composer, percussionist, orchestrator, conductorand educator. Don has been apart of the majority of

the world's biggest films over the past four decades,tv soundtracks, 45 different broadway shows, popshows, and original cast albums.

Some of the movies, tv, and broadway shows Donhas been involved in are "E.T.", "Jurassic Park","Indiana Jones", "Roots", "Fantasy Island", "Cats","Phantom of the Opera", "Evita", "A Chorus Line"and many more.

Learn more about Don...Don's Artist Page

Matthias GoebelMatthias is a top tier keyboardist and pianist. Hisprimary focus is on vibraphone and marimba andplays piano for "Free Improvisation Project". Mostimportantly, Goebel founded and directs the MalletInstitute in Düsseldorf and, in conjunction with TonyMiceli, is the founder and artistic director of theeuropean vibraphone festival "Spring Vibes".

Learn more about Matthias...Matthias' Artist Page

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Jim LoughlinJim Loughlin is a rock and roll mallet player.He may be the only one of his kind, but thatmakes him that much cooler. Jim plays withthe band moe. as a multi percussionist andmallet player. Jim started his musical careeras a bass player and did not start....

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Morris PalterMorris is the Artistic Director of Ensemble64.8 at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.Outside the University, Morris has started aragtime band, co-founded NOISE, won the2012 Rasmuson Foundation ArtistFellowship....

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