The Lyrical Mallet Player

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  • The Lyrical Mallet Player
    
    “The Lyrical Mallet Player – 7 Vibraphone Solo Compositions” was born after more than 20 years of touring and performing my own music in concerts and masterclasses around the world. Over the years, many students asked me to publish these pieces so they could perform them in recitals, concerts, and exams. With the encouragement and support of Mr. Svitzer, I finally decided to make this project a reality.
    
    These compositions reflect my belief in technique placed at the service of melody and harmony. They explore creativity and improvisation while addressing essential aspects of musicianship such as musicality, expressiveness, phrasing, and sound control. The vibraphone allows me to approach the instrument like a pianist, creating a balanced and independent relationship between the right and left mallets.
    
    Each piece includes a clear melodic statement and a short written solo, which performers may choose to play as written or replace with their own improvisation, if they are comfortable doing so.
    
    - Marco Pacassoni
    
    Index
    Time Vibes
    Dancing
    Life
    Italian Creativity
    Anita
    Emotions
    Week in Hong Kong

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  • Vibraphone

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  • Marco Pacassoni is an Italian vibraphonist, percussionist, composer, and educator. He graduated cum laude from the G. Rossini Conservatory and earned a cum laude degree in Professional Music from Berklee College of Music in Boston. His studies include work with Gary Burton, Ed Saindon, Victor Mendoza and Daniele Di Gregorio. In 2005, he was awarded Best Italian Jazz Talent at the Chicco Bettinardi Competition, organized by the Piacenza Jazz Festival.
    
    Throughout his career, Pacassoni has performed with internationally renowned artists such as Michel Camilo, John Patitucci, Antonio Sánchez, Alex Acuña, Horacio “El Negro” Hernández, Steve Smith, Greg Hutchinson, Chihiro Yamanaka Bungaro, Malika Ayane, Petra Magoni, Raphael Gualazzi, Francesco Cafiso, and many others. As a bandleader, he has released several critically acclaimed albums: Finally (Groovemaster Edition, 2011), Happiness (AlfaMusic, 2014), Grazie (Nasswetter Music Group, 2017), Frank & Ruth (Esordisco, 2018), and Life (Egea Music, 2022).
    
    Marco Pacassoni is currently on the percussion faculty at Liceo Musicale Marconi in Pesaro. He has given vibraphone masterclasses at prestigious institutions worldwide, including Oberlin Conservatory, Eastman School of Music, multiple universities across the United States, the Sydney Conservatorium, the Australian National University of the Arts, the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts, and leading percussion studios in Asia and Australia. In 2014, he published the harmony and composition book Quasi quasi scrivo una canzone… (Rodaviva Edizioni).
    
    Pacassoni has performed at major international festivals and venues such as Estival Jazz Lugano, Blue Note Milano, Bimhuis Amsterdam, Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, Adams Percussion Festival, DrumWorld Festival, and festivals and concert halls across Europe, Asia, Australia, and the United States. He is an endorser of Adams, Vic Firth, Zildjian, and Gon Bops.

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  • Congratulations Marco to ”The Lyrical Mallet Player”, seven beautiful songs with a rare trait; they can be played everywhere, from the club to the cathedral.
    
    Marco gives each performer great freedom to make an own version of each song. If you come from an improvised world you can improvise and experiment on the melody based on the form. If you are not that familiar to improvisation, every song has an composed version based on Marcos extraordinary music making and unique expression.
    
    These pieces will add a flavour to your repertoire and soon be favourites of yours.
    
    Love your work
    
    Anders Åstrand
    Percussion artist
    Senior Lecturer, School of Music, Theatre and Art At Örebro University
    Endorsed by Yamaha, Zildjian, Vic Firth, Evans

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  • Photo: Andrea Rotili
    Front Cover Graphics and Layout: Nicola Lee
    Printed in Copenhagen, Denmark
    Copyright © Edition SVITZER
    www.editionsvitzer.com

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