Summer 2018 is almost here and I’m excited about it! It’s going to be filled with music, teaching and wonderful people. I’ll be on faculty at three summer institutes, performing and teaching. Here are the details:
June 7-8: Leigh Howard Stevens Marimba Seminar
June 14-15: MalletLab Summer Mallet Intensive
June 26: Texas State University Percussion Camp
Hope to see you this summer!
-Ivan
Song Book, Vol. 2, featuring five songs for a singing marimbist, is now available for purchase! Visit the sheet music store on my website to pick up a copy and learn more about the collection. I hope these songs encourage people to play and sing, and hope they shine a different kind of light on the marimba.
With love,
Ivan
I recently completed a new work for solo marimba entitled “Immigrant Song”. It’s been seven years since I composed a piece for 5.0 octave solo marimba, and this one is extra special for me, as it’s dedicated to my mother, Rosie Trevino. Sheet music is now available, and a full performance is now on YouTube:
The long awaited Strive to be Happy t-shirt is here 🙂 Designed by artist extraordinaire, Mike Turzanski, the shirt is available in two colors: textured white or athletic grey. Pick one up at IvanDrums.com/t-shirts.
Last year, I wrote children’s story called Space Junk. It’s about a little star who gets covered in space junk, makes her way out of it, and creates beautiful things with it.
Lagan Percussion commissioned me to compose a piece to accompany the story, for percussion quartet + narrator. After the piece was written, they schlepped their instruments to the top of an empty parking garage on a windy night in Waco, filmed this ridiculously cool video (with a drone I think), and made my story come to life. I narrate too. Thank you, Lagan!
I wrote Driven for my pal, Drew Tucker! We premiered it at the 2017 MalletLab Summer Mallet Intensive. Sheet music is now available.
