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Heartland Marimba, featuring Matthew Coley, Chandler Beaugrand, Sophia Lo, and Jose Uzcategui, is proud to announce the 2026 Heartland Marimba International Festival (HMIF), an international gathering of more than 50 marimba performers taking place November 1–13, 2026, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The festival will culminate with featured performances and events during the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Presented in collaboration with the Lancaster Marimba Ensemble and the Percussive Arts Society, HMIF will bring together marimbists from across the United States and around the world for an immersive week of rehearsals, masterclasses, lectures, educational presentations, and large-scale marimba orchestra performances.
HMIF/O Directors:
- Chandler Beaugrand – HM artist and operations director
- Jenni Brandon – composer, conductor, HM co-artistic, HMIF co-director, HMIFO assistant director
- Matthew Coley – HM executive/co-artistic director, HMIF co-director, HMIFO music director/soloist
- David Harvey – soloist, arranger, historian, HMIF co-director
- Sophia Lo – HM artist
- Stephanie Smith – HMIF co-director, Lancaster Marimba Ensemble director
- Jose Uzcategui – HM artist
HMIFO PROGRAM (Additional HMQ & LME works added for Millersville performance):
Fluidity by Steven Simpson
Juba from Piano Quintet in A by Florence Price/arranged by Chandler Beaugrand *
Trois Mouvements de Petrouchka, Movements 1 & 2 by Igor Stravinsky/arr. David Harvey *
Venetian Waltz by Elijah Caligiuri *†
The Giver of Stars by Jenni Brandon
Preludium and Allegro by Fritz Kreisler/arr. David Harvey *
Concerto for Cimbalom; Mvt. III by Alexander Timofeev/arr. Matthew Coley
Fantezie by Sergiu Crețu/arr. Coley
*Published by Heartland Marimba Publications
†Winner of the HMIFO 2026 Call for Scores
HMIF Tour:
Oct. 30 – Cockeysville, MD
Nov. 1 – Wernersville, PA
Nov. 2 – Queens, NY
Nov. 3 – The Players Theatre, NYC
Nov 4 – David Harvey's PA Marimba History Presentation, Manheim Historical Society (Heartland Marimba International Festival)
Nov 5 – HMQ concert with Marimba Orchestra, Lebanon Valley College (HMIF)
Nov 6 – TBA Presentations by HMIF Orchestra members (HMIF)
Nov 6 – HM represents at First Friday at Ware Center for the Performing Arts, 6-8pm (HMIF)
Nov 7, 7:30 pm – Heartland Marimba and Friends “Jukebox” Concert, downtown Lancaster at Ware Center (HMIF)
Nov 8, 2:30 PM – HMIFO Concert, Millersville Winter Center (HMIF)
Nov. 10 – Tuesday Musical Association, Akron, OH
Nov 13 - HMIFO performs THREE free public shows at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (11:00 AM, 2:00 PM, and 4:00 PM), Indianapolis Artsgarden (HMIF)
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