Marla Leigh (Goldstein) is an internationally-recognized composer, educator, and composer who is passionate about teaching and bringing people together to share in the universal language of rhythm. She is a classically trained musician who has a BFA and MFA in Percussion and composition.
Marla has built a globally linked community of drummers through her pioneering Frame Drum Academy online. As an endorsing artist for the Cooperman Company, Marla co-developed a line of signature frame drums that reflect her unique playing style.
In May 2020, Marla released her debut album and music video, "Rhythms of Tof Miriam." Recorded in Israel @ OnyxStudio, the album honors the ancient lineage of women frame drummers through song and video. As Marla says, "The Tof Miriam experience is timeless but fresh, spicy but rich, and comforting but mysterious."
Marla's second studio album "TRANCEndance", will be released in Winter 2024.
I'm just starting my drumming journey, and can't be more grateful for stumbling upon this great video.. thank you for sharing it, thank you for sharing your drumming and yes I'll be learning a lot from you sister 🙏🏼
Hey Marla, I'm a Berlin (Germany) based percussionist, and I also play framedrum. Mine has a black skin, too, and is made out of a rubberish kind of material. I can change the tuning by inflating air or letting some out. My drum is made in Berlin by David Faulwasser aka DavidRomanDrums. How about yours? Regards. Tom
Thank you for making this video, Rabbi! I think that these stories really need to be told and retold. Miriam deserves so much more of the spotlight than she’s been given through the patriarchal lens. Moses always gets all the cred lol! I just reread the Jewish folk tale, “Miriam‘s Tambourine”, from the book of that same title. And then I went on to re-search Miriam‘s well. She was truly a spiritual leader, as The Women Frame Drummers of her time were! And if you think about it… The Jewish people were fleeing for their lives, hurriedly gathering their belongings, their children, the essential things they needed for the journey... Had to leave the yeast out, no tome... And The Women brought their Frame Drums! ⚪️⚪️⚪️🌸🌸🌸 She was certainly a prophetess, a priestess, a spiritual leader. And she wasn’t the only one who picked up her drum that day. Other women did, too. And being that this was a sacred tool not just of celebration like a tambourine that you’d bang on for a rock ‘n’ roll concert, this was a spiritual tool, a sacred tool, for ceremony, ritual, oracular divination and healing... So I wonder... Who really did perform that miracle at the Red Sea?! 😉 Indeed, depending on how progressive your views… As a daughter of Miriam, my ancestry and lineage, these are the downloads I’ve received. Thank you for permitting me to share. Enjoy your new drum! It’s beautiful. 💜 Blessed beats forever! 🥰🙏🏼⚪️🌸
Hello, I'm Shiyan from Sri Lanka. 😊 I found your RU-vid channel today. I thought to put a comment for this video as I ended up here after watching some of your other videos on this channel. The frame drum is a great percussion instrument. I think it's mostly played in the Middle East. It's a great and fun instrument. I saw you wearing like a gypsy in some videos and that's beautiful! The gypsy-style clothing is suitable for female frame drummers and also for Carnatic musicians. I recommend you wearing gypsy-style clothes often and for every video, especially outdoors with a BLACK BAGGY HAREM YOGA PANTS which is suitable for even casual and or a BLACK DHOTI PANTS, which is very popular in India and is used by Hatha yogis. You will look great! I asked you to wear a BLACK loose harem yoga pants or dhoti pants because BLACK is definitely the popular color for women and it suits all colors. I ask to wear a black loose yoga harem pants or black dhoti pants just for the enjoyment of music. You will definitely look nice. There is a Sri Lankan women's drum ensemble called THURYAA WOMEN'S DRUM ENSEMBLE. They have their RU-vid. I just remembered many minutes ago while typing this message that I watched a frame drum performance by Thuryaa Women's Drum Ensemble in Sri Lanka. I'll send you two videos of the Thuryaa Women's Drum Ensemble. Watch and Enjoy! In those two performances, the team members wear plain dhoti pants. In this performance 'The rhythm of Sri Lanka,' the leader wear a black dhoti pants with a red waistband and cap like the one you wear in one of your videos and others wear different colors of dhoti pants with a waistband and a cap. Both the costumes and the performance are great. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jflTB4a_XGE.htmlsi=xBYssl_UBCTuZ9OQ This is the frame drum performance presented by the Thuryaa Women's Drum Ensemble called 'Frame Drum.' In this performance, two performers wear a black loose and long harem trousers while others wear dhoti pants. This performance was also enjoyable to me. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MPGftof9biw.htmlsi=lTE0Wh9GSUzMoQuP Looking forward to hearing from you.
Question on pronunciation: my understanding is that the name of this rhythm is actually pronouced as kahr-shee-LAH-mah (or something close to that) in Turkidh. (Which uses a cedille-like accent mark under the "s" to indicate its pronunciation as "sh.") I'm wondering whether the pronunviation you use here comes from Arabic, or...? Honestly, it's unusual.
I find this totally mesmerising. What a joyful experience. . . Many thanks for all who came and created magic in the timeless lands. . . Blessings. . .
Curious if anyone can answer this for me... How come Cooperman drums are so much more expensive (~$400-500) than the Remo frame drums ($50-80), if they use e.g. the same Renaissance head? I've played both, and Cooperman definitely sounds so much more alive, nuanced, but why is that when it's the same head?
@@AA-my1dw Solid locally, ethically harvested Vermont hardwoods including ash, cherry, maple, or oak, milled in a locally owned workshop, engineered for optimal sound, weight, feel, innovations in tuning technology, built by hand by skilled craftspeople. I have cooperman drums that I bought in the 90s and they truly get better as they age. Remo drums are made with acousticon (wood fiber and glue shell), non tunable, factory made and quality issues all over the place. The remo drums eventually lose their shape/pitch and essentially become useless. Cooperman drums can be serviced, head replaced and are lifetime instruments if they are cared for.
