William Thomas McKinley: Marimba Concerto “Childhood Memories” (2005)  23:50

Nancy Zeltsman, marimba

Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose

(released 2010, BMOP/sound)

“Nancy Zeltsman, the outstanding soloist, sympathetically projects the various moods

McKinley evokes in these 14 short movements.

The BMOP orchestra is superb. An exhilarating collection of magnetic, life-affirming music.”

– Robert Schulslaper, Fanfare Magazine

Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba

24 New Concert Pieces (double-CD)

Nancy Zeltsman, Executive Producer

(released 2009, Bridge Records)

Nancy performs Carla Bley's Over There,

Lyle Mays' Mindwalk & Paul Simon's Amulet

Three works are performed by seven other marimbists: Ivana Bilic, Thomas Burritt, Jean Geoffroy,

Beverley Johnston, William Moersch,

Gordon Stout & Jack Van Geem.

Corresponding scores are published in two volumes

by C.F. Peters Corporation.

Nancy Zeltsman: Sweet Song

(released 2005, self-issued)

A program of light classical and pop-influenced music for solo marimba or marimba / percussion duo with virtuoso guests Jamey Haddad & Eguie Castrillo.

Includes Robert Aldridge's From My Little Island &

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Sonata, Op.77 (for guitar) alongside shorter works by J.S. Bach, Pius Cheung, David Friedman & Zeltsman. Archival recordings of two jazz arrangements. The Christmas Song (Arr. Friedman) & the Bee Gees' How Deep Is Your Love (Arr. Zeltsman).

Pedro & Olga Learn to Dance

marimba duos performed by

Jack Van Geem & Nancy Zeltsman

(released 2004, self-issued)

Nancy teams up with her main marimba duo partner, Principal Percussionist of the San Francisco Symphony. Includes Andrew Thomas' Three Transformations, Joep Straesser's To the Point & Scott Lindroth's Small Change, as well as adaptations of music by Samuel Barber,

Claude Debussy & Thomas Oboe Lee.

Nancy Zeltsman: See Ya Thursday

(released 1999, self-issued; reissued 2008)

Nancy performs three major solos composed for her: Steven Mackey's See Ya Thursday, Gunther Schuller's Marimbology, and Paul Lansky's Three Moves. She includes Emmanuel Séjourné's lovely Nancy & Katamiya. The program is rounded out by her adaptations of music by Louis Andriessen, Beethoven, Bernstein, Chueca, Ellington & a traditional Mexican song.

Nancy Zeltsman: Woodcuts

(released 1993, GM Recordings)

Still a favorite! Includes Andrew Thomas' Merlin, the first recording of Piazzolla’s now-famous Tango Suite, & Nancy's multi-tracked composition,Woodcuts (after Satie). Beloved adaptations of tunes by Suzanne Vega &

Michael Hedges. Also, works by Caleb Morgan,

Daniel Levitan, Robert Aldridge & Nick Kirgo.

“Her subtle use of phrasing techniques often

match the best singers of art songs.

Even when the textures require extreme

velocity, Zeltsman sounds the perfect artist.”

– Hewell Tircuit, Fanfare Magazine

Men With Guns

soundtrack to the Sony Pictures film

written & directed by John Sayles

(released 1998, Ryodisc)

Includes original music by Mason Daring.

Nancy performs solo marimba for some incidental music.

Marimolin: Combo Platter

Sharan Leventhal, violin; Nancy Zeltsman, marimba

(released 1995, Catalyst/BMG. Out of print.)

Marimolin's last CD together features an eclectic combination of light contemporary classical & pop/world-influenced music including Robert Aldridge's Combo Platter, Paul Lansky's Hop, David P. Jones' Legal Highs, Steve Mackey's Feels So Baaad & Dave Samuels' Wood-Dance. With arranagements of Joseph Shabalala’s Nansi Imali, John Coltrane’s Naima (Arr. T.O.Lee), Chuck Mangione's Feels So Good (Arr. Steve Mackey).

Marimolin: Phantasmata

(released 2005, GM Recordings, Out of print.)

Partially funded by a grant from tne National Endowment for the Arts, this release presents violin/marimba duos by American composers: Gunther Schuller - Phantasmata; William Kraft - Encounters X; Daniel Levitan - Duo for Violin and Marimba; Steven Scher - Brechtstimme; Steve Adams - Owed t’Don; Michael DeMurga - Hopscotch; Karl Kohn - Cantilena II; & Steven Mackey - A Final Glance (originally for violin & guitar).

Marimolin

(released 1989, GM Recordings)

Marimolin's debut CD, produced by Gunther Schuller, was enormously well-received—featuring Thomas Oboe Lee's Marimolin, Robert Aldridge's Threedance, Lyle Mays' Somewhere in Maine, Scott Wheeler's Lyric Variations,

Les Thimmig's Bluefire Crown III &

Amelia Rogers' Shadow-Play.

“Best CD of the Month (Classical)”

“10/10” for Performance/Sound Quality

“One of the most stylistically well-balanced, downright entertaining collections of contemporary classical music released in recent years.”

– Linda Kohanov, CD Review magazine, March 1990