Polyphony Marimba Information

Polyphony Marimba was founded in 2010 with the mission to get an acoustic ensemble of nine players together who wanted to make a life out of the roots music of southern Africa, while contributing their own creative expression to that tradition. Founder Peter Swing has studied and taught the marimba music of Zimbabwe for 30 years, leading four previous ensembles and teaching workshops in his studio, in many schools, and around the USA. Polyphony Marimba carries this path a step further, completing four successful US tours, three full-length albums, and bringing their soulful, deeply African sound into the lives of as many people as possible. Swing learned that the music grows in power and artistry, the more the players put their lives into it, and the larger the audience is that appreciates it. Expanding the cathartic and joyful energy inherent in this music is what Polyphony Marimba is all about. Polyphony (rhymes with "epiphany") Marimba has played over 300 concerts around North America and has sold over 5,000 copies of its three albums. Over the last five years, completely self-operated, Polyphony has established a steady circuit of gigs, particularly in the eastern United States. Originally more than half their gigs were busking on the street. Play this music near any populated area, as they have done in Washington DC, New York City, Chicago, Boston and Asheville, North Carolina, and a crowd instantly gathers, gratefully applauding and buying CDs. The music is beautiful and positively joyful, and attracts listeners like a magnet.