Robert van Sice is an American
marimba
The marimba ( ) is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars that are struck by mallets. Below each bar is a resonator pipe that amplifies particular harmonics of its sound. Compared to the xylophone, the mari ...
player. He currently teaches at the
Yale School of Music
The Yale School of Music (often abbreviated to YSM) is one of the 12 professional schools at Yale University. It offers three graduate degrees: Master of Music (MM), Master of Musical Arts (MMA), and Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA), as well as a joi ...
and the
Peabody Conservatory of Music, and the
Curtis Institute of Music
The Curtis Institute of Music is a private conservatory in Philadelphia. It offers a performance diploma, a Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in opera, and a Professional Studies Certificate in opera. All students attend on a full scholarshi ...
. Van Sice has his own line of marimba mallets by
Vic Firth
Everett Joseph "Vic" Firth (June 2, 1930 – July 26, 2015) was an American musician and the founder of Vic Firth Company (formerly Vic Firth, Inc.), a company that makes percussion sticks and mallets. He was also known for his association ...
, and a line of signature marimbas by
Adams Musical Instruments
Adams Musical Instruments is a manufacturer of musical instruments based in the Netherlands. The company produces percussion and brass instruments.
Percussion instruments by Adams include timpani, marimbas, xylophones, vibraphones, glockenspiels ...
.
In Europe, Van Sice gave the first solo marimba recital at Amsterdam's
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* Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* Concertgebouw, Bruges, Belgium
* Concertgebouw de Vereeniging, Netherlands
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in 1989 and taught at the
Rotterdam
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Conservatorium and
Darmstädter Ferienkurse
Darmstädter Ferienkurse ("Darmstadt Summer Course") is a regular summer event of contemporary classical music in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. It was founded in 1946, under the name "Ferienkurse für Internationale Neue Musik Darmstadt" (Vacation Co ...
.
Among his former students are some of the four members of
So Percussion
Sō Percussion is a Grammy winning American percussion quartet formed in 1999 and based in New York City.
Composed of Josh Quillen, Adam Sliwinski, Jason Treuting, and Eric Cha-Beach, the group is well known for recording and touring internationa ...
.
References
External links
Peabody Institute - Robert van SiceRobert van Sice videos on YouTube
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American male musicians
Yale School of Music faculty
American marimbists
Living people
Peabody Institute faculty
Year of birth missing (living people)
American classical percussionists