A composition for solo piano. Following the "ways of the hand" which lead me ever onward.

Ways of the Hand

Composed for the short film, Abdulai, by Aiden Avery and Lane Brown. The piece features Matthew Marsolek on djembe and Tracy Topp on vocals. 

Celebration

ReflectionInAnAcousticPool

Malian Intermezzo is a work for djembe and string quartet composed by Matthew Marsolek in 2010. This recording is from a performance by Matthew and Cascade Quartet of the Great Falls Symphony at the C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana, on Dec. 14th, 2010.


Malian Intermezzo

After a traditional Haitian rhythm, the original base pattern was created by Patrick Marsolek in the 1990s. Here Matthew Marsolek of Drum Brothers is playing the layers of dunun and djembe patterns as well as the djembe solo. 

Pat's 5 Beat

A piece for piano, orchestra, samples & loops. I composed it in 2007 while working on some demo material for a film project.