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Our friends that are joining us:
St. Johns (Hain's) UCC Bell Choir, conducted by Marie Miller, Director of Music Ministry
Jon Besisi, University of Maryland faculty and retired Air Force Band Percussionist
Lancaster Marimba Ensemble, featuring Stephanie Smith, HMIF co-director
David Harvey, marimba soloist and historian, HMIF co-director
HMIF Tour:
Oct. 30, 7:00 PM – Broadmead Retirement Community Concert, Cockeysville, MD
Nov. 1, 3:00 PM – St. John's Hains Church Concert, Wernersville, PA
Nov. 2 – TBA Queensborough Community College, Queens, NY
Nov. 3, 6:00 PM – The Players Theatre Concert, NYC
Nov 4, 6:30 PM – David Harvey's PA Marimba History Presentation, Manheim Historical Society (Heartland Marimba International Festival)
Nov 5 – Lebanon Valley College (HMIF)
• 11:00 AM – Master Class
• 7:30 PM – HMQ Marimba Orchestra concert with LVC alumni and regional percussionists
Nov 6 – TBA Presentations by HMIF Orchestra members (HMIF)
Nov 6, 7:00 PM – HM represents at First Friday at Ware Center for the Performing Arts (HMIF)
Nov 7, 7:30 PM – Heartland Marimba and Friends “Jukebox” Concert, downtown Lancaster at Ware Center (HMIF)
Nov 8, 2:30 PM – HMIF Orchestra Concert, Millersville Winter Center (HMIF)
Nov. 10, 7:30 PM – Concert for Tuesday Musical Association, The University of Akron, Akron, OH
Nov 13, 11:00 AM - The HMIF Orchestra performs THREE free public shows at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Indianapolis Artsgarden (HMIF)
Nov 13, 2:00 PM - HMIFO performs THREE free public shows at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Indianapolis Artsgarden (HMIF)
Nov 13, 4:00 PM - HMIFO performs THREE free public shows at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Indianapolis Artsgarden (HMIF)
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
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