The Wood That Sings: the Marimba, captures the story of the marimba, a unique keyboard percussion instrument with a rich history. This film brings attention to how the marimba is constructed and with what materials, how it is performed, and, it’s significance to the percussion world. This is an overview of a 30 minute documentary that delves into the building and tuning process of the five octave marimba that was constructed at UNLV.
Photo Expose and article (https://unlv.exposure.co/making-music) shows how this project transcends academic disciplines and engages students and colleagues across continents in the process of creating an instrument with wood that sings.
Master Builder: James Bailey
Featured interview credits:
Javier Nandayapa
Nebojša Živković
Rico Franklin
Dr. Timothy Jones
Laura Robertson
Narration: Michael Tylo
Graduate students:
Kyle Bissantz
Ryan Harrison
Marcus LeBlanc
Lindsay Suta
James Whiting
Producer and Writer: Dr. Timothy Jones
Director and cinematographer: Brenna Spector
Editor: Nick Mastroluca
Sound: Jared Sanchez
Additional Camera: Veronica Castillo
Megan Hagstrom
Jon Manera
Raeanne Moffat
All Music performed and recorded by the UNLV Marimba Band
The full documentary can be found here: https://vimeo.com/278826651
