Marco Schirripa currently serves as Assistant Professor of Percussion at Central Michigan University. He holds Bachelor’s degrees in Percussion Performance and Music Theory from Ithaca College, as well as master's and doctoral degrees in Percussion from Indiana University, where he was awarded the prestigious Performer's Certificate from the Jacobs School of Music during his first year of study.
Dr. Schirripa has performed at the World Marimba Competition, vgmtogether, Zeltsman Marimba Festival, and two Percussive Arts Society International Conventions. He has seen constant success in competitions, taking first place in both the Great Plains International Marimba Competition and the Southern California International Marimba Competition.
Marco's compositions are available through Keyboard Percussion Publications and C. Alan Publications.
Gorgeous. I actually love Crystal Chronicles; it's my favorite Final Fantasy game. (I also love telling FF fans that; their look of horror is priceless.) So many good themes in that game. Love it!
I a also playing this for my senior recital. I'm playing the marimba part and my friend is playing the clarinet part. It is very technically challenging, but I enjoy it. Are there any program notes on this piece?
I just had the great pleasure of studying with Osnat Netzer at the Walden School "Creative Musicians Retreat," which is why I tracked down this recording. What a beautiful performance of a fascinating piece! My daughter is a very good marimbist (but is not majoring in music) so I am used to lots of 4-mallet work; really interested to hear such an involved and thoroughly satisfying 2-mallet piece for a change.
I know this sounds silly but Which is the oboe? It looks like two flutes one small and another alto. Wait no something else appeared that could be a clarinet and is probably an oboe
It's never silly to ask something you aren't sure of! The beginning is just the two flutes, then the middle section, when the picture changes, is the oboe! It has the long double reed and sounds sort of like a duck! 🤣
The xylophone is definitely lighter and more portable, but the range is usually only around 3.5 octaves vs. the 5 octaves of the marimba. For most marimba music, this is the main reason you wouldn't really be able to effectively play it on xylophone instead.
I would love the sheet music for this! I play both flute and oboe, so this would be so fun to learn! I learned how to play Moschet Manor on my own but thankfully that was easy enough to figure out.
