"Louisville LOVED your 4th of July performance. The fun energy was infectious!" - Kay Gazaway, Louisville Events Coordinator
"Your whole show is very, very fun, culturally enriching, and hugely entertaining!" - Roberta Walbert, after seeing our
show at the Nomad Theater
"A ton of energy and really kept the audience engaged throughout the entire show.
One of the best performances we had all summer!" - Larissa Enns, Breckenridge CO Events Coordinator
Bio
Dance your way along a musical journey to Africa! Fueled by powerful, high-energy rhythms and hypnotic melodies played on a choir of seven marimbas (wooden xylophones), Pick Up Sticks delivers an upbeat message of cross-cultural joy and understanding. Listeners will recognize the multiple rhythms and interlocking melodies as the roots of jazz, gospel, and Motown. Pick Up Sticks was formed in 2007 in Boulder, Colorado, by a group of like-minded musicians out of a passion for spreading the joy of Zimbawean music.
We perform at music festivals, private parties, night clubs, and schools. Hire us for your next event! For private parties we can even teach you to play the marimbas, too!
In Zimbabwe music is often a whole-village affair. Sharing the music is sharing the love. Pick Up Sticks welcomes you to our village. We are: Corey Kirschner, Sandy Kirschner, Diane Michel, Bart Miller, Cory Potash, Lisa Seaman, Alex Truesdale, and Robin Truesdale.
Here's Pick Up Sticks Marimba playing the song Isu Tauya Pano at the Cherry Creek Arts Festival in Denver. (Or view this video of Pick Up Sticks Marimba playing Isu Tauya Pano on YouTube.)
Pick Up Sticks Marimba played a Solstice Celebration concert at the Nomad Theater in Boulder. Video includes clips of three different songs. (Or view a larger format of the Nomad Theater video on YouTube.)
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Quotes
"I was absolutely thrilled to have you guys perform. It was fantastic music, wonderful energy, and a most enjoyable good time. As I looked around at the 100 plus people in the room, I had never seen so many smiles on peoples faces at any other time here at my place. It is some of the happiest music ever! You guys ROCK!"
- Jeremy King, owner of The Zone in Longmont
"A ton of energy and really kept the audience engaged throughout the entire show. One of the best performances we had all summer!" - Larissa Enns, Breckenridge CO Events Coordinator
"Great crowd pleaser, and fun for families. Fantastic performance!" - Lisa Rebik, Cherry Creek Arts Festival
"Louisville LOVED your 4th of July performance - the fun energy was infectious!" - Kay Gazaway, Louisville Events Coordinator
"What you bring to your audience is a lot more than a string of perfect notes.
Your whole show is very, very fun, culturally enriching, and hugely entertaining." - Roberta Walbert, after seeing our show at the Nomad Theater
"My wife and I have just returned to Scotland following a 3-week vacation in Colorado. The highlight was listening to you guys play. Your music and your obvious enjoyment of it was joyful, uplifiting and infectious. Thank you for providing us with a few minutes of splendid relaxation and fun."
- Andy from Scotland
Recommendation - from Women's Wilderness Institute Private Party (pdf)
Notable Venues
Westminster Faire Main Stage, 2010.
Cherry Creeks Arts Festival Main Stage, 2009.
St. Julien Hotel, 2009.
Self-produced shows at the Nomad Theater, 2009 and 2007.
Repeat performances for Into Your Hands fundraiser, 2009 and 2010.
Repeat performances for the Women's Wilderness Institute, 2009 and 2008.
Repeat performances for Hospice of Boulder and Broomfield Counties, 2009 and 2008.
For a full listing, see all of our Past Performances.
