Guest Artist

Chances are, you’ve never heard four marimbas in harmony live before. Or at all.

Here’s your opportunity when the Heartland Marimba Quartet performs at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24 at Imago in Elgin, hosted by Chamber Music on the Fox.

“There are many great pieces for marimba quartet,” said Matthew Coley, marimba artist. “When compared to string quartet music, it really isn’t that much, but for the percussion world, it has become an independent genre.”

One that is growing, thanks in part to the instrument’s unusual sound.

On Monday, Feb. 24, Chamber Music on the Fox will present the Iowa-based Heartland Marimba Quartet.

Performing a program of contemporary American works composed for four marimbas, the concert will include the Chicago area premiere of “Rivers of Rage Concerto,” composed by the ensemble’s leader, Matthew Coley.

Their program in Elgin will mark the last stop on their midwestern “Visible Resonance Tour.” They also will be working with percussion students at Larkin High School while they are in Elgin.