MARLA LEIGH

Currently, Marla resides in Los Angeles, CA, where she is an active educator and performer. She has also been commissioned to write works for dance ensembles, movies, universities and for short animation films.

Marla has studied with some of the finest percussion masters in the world, such as, John Bergamo, Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, Glen Velez, Trichy Sankaran, Poovalur Srinivasan, Kobla and Alfred Ladzekpo, and Randy Gloss.

She plays a variety of ethnic drums, such as frame drums, North Indian Tabla, South Indian Kanjira, and West African Drums (from the Ewe people of Ghana). She has also studied western and non-western (Balinese and Indian) flutes and composition.

Marla received the BFA in Music and the MFA in Percussion from CalArts and has also studied at Ali Akbar College in San Rafael and the Bhavan Center in London, England.

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