Steve Falk marimba,percussion,composer

Steve Falk is an Australian freelance percussionist and composer. Over the past 15 years, he has been fortunate enough to have performed many styles of music, often collaborating with improvisers and song writers as well as working with symphony orchestras and contemporary dance and theatre projects. Steve studied initially at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School and then completed a Diploma of Arts in Music at The Victorian College of The Arts. He then studied for a further two years at the Queensland Consevatorium of Music with Professor Alan Cumberland who was formally the timpanist of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Steve has taught percussion at Monash University and The Victorian College of the Arts. In recent years playing the marimba has become his greatest passion. In 2001, Steve released his own self funded CD, “The Marimba Project” which features compositions from Japan, USA and Australia as well his original works for Marimba and Vibraphone. Between 2005 and 2008 Steve studyied in Tokyo with the world renowned marimba virtuoso and composer Keiko Abe and is now enjoying playing the marimba and many other exotic percussion instruments in collaboration with excellent Japanese musicians. He has worked with the Melbourne, Queensland and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras and many popular musicals such as “Mama Mia!” and “We Will Rock You”. Steve was musical director for the Australia/Asia tour of "Tap Dogs" and has played on several CDs including David Ross Macdonald’s (from the successful Australian band “The Waifs “) “Far From Here”. He played vibes on the soundtrack for the feature film “Better Than Sex” composed by David Hershfelder. Steve also enjoys writing and playing electronic music and before moving to Japan, he played vibes and percussion in the popular drum and bass/ rock outfit “Hiphugger”. Plain MySpace Layouts by Iron Spider
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