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Celebrating 50 Years

- Career Achievements -

    • Trailblazed a 50+ year internationally acclaimed career in a field dominated by men  more . . .
    • Founding drummer of Pandora, an all woman Jazz/Rock band in 1973  more . . .
    • Founded GP Percussion Timpani Manufacturers in 1982, based on her innovative mechanical design  more . . .
    • Began pioneering the 5.0 octave marimba in Western music in 1986, releasing her seminal recording of the Bach Chacconne in 1993 more . . .
    • Inspired generations of marimba teachers and students with her CD PRISM, released in 1996 more . . .
    • Wrote Reading Mallet Percussion Music (1995) and Anthology of Lute and Guitar Music  (2001), method books now used in high school and university studios worldwide more . . .
    • Researched and wrote Keiko Abe’s biography and history of the concert marimba: Keiko Abe~A Virtuosic Life, inspiring readers around the globe, published in 2007 more . . .

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