Marimba 2010 was a three day international festival and conference hosted at the University of Minnesota. Running from April 28 to May 1, 2010, the event celebrated the music of the marimba, and brought together around 45 world-class artists and ensembles. University of Minnesota's director of percussion studies Fernando Meza hosted and directed the festival.
Notable performing artists included the following:
A complete list of performing artists is located at http://marimba2010.org/artists.
Marimba 2010 also saw the world premieres of a number of pieces featuring the marimba. These include the following:
Let's say there's no more hope
Let's say there's no more space
Let's say there's only sacrifice!
Let's say...we're living with the mice
Let's say...let's...
More rhythm!
Let's say we're blowing in the wind
Let's say we're building something
Let's say...we're playing with the fire!
Let's say...we're living in this lie