Cameron Leach - Percussionist

Hey Mark R Sabian-Education — these SABIAN HHX Complex Espressivo 19” crash cymbals sounded ridiculously good this last week with the Columbus Symphony!

For those of you looking for new crash cymbals, I was able to demo these for the virtual Sabian PASIC booth, and I’ve gotta say, while all of the models are killer, this pair of 19” cymbals stand out. Great fundamental, dark and rich tone but still manage to cut through the mix. Really easy to play and my new favorites!

Check out this recording from Ryan Boehme! I commissioned this piece from Emmanuel Séjourné last year with the help of a TON of percussionists from around the world. I still need to learn and record this one 😂 Ryan did a great job and hope to see more recordings come out soon. I’m thinking about playing this at PASIC 2021, but not sure..

Karnataka, by Emmanuel Sejourne Karnataka, for marimba & tape (2019)Composed by Emmanuel SejourneFor more info on Emmanuel Sejourne and his compositions, check out his website here:emmanuel...

Hi everyone! I've been relatively silent lately, but wanted to share a quick update about the World Vibes Congress this weekend. I was originally slated to premiere a new piece by Nick Werth, but I simply didn't have enough time to prepare the piece at a level that I'd be proud to share. It deserves to have a kickass world premiere, and this wouldn't have been it, so I've decided to perform perhaps an even more appropriate work for vibraphone + electronics for WVC -- I Leave You the Real World by David Skidmore.

Just throwing this out there so that I don't catch the people tuning in this weekend by surprise. There will be an announcement for some sort of exclusive online premiere in the next 4-8 weeks, so stay tuned and keep an eye out for that. Thanks and Happy New Year, friends!

Malletech

Excited to start chopping away at lots of new music, including pieces by Ivan Trevino, Nick Werth, Emmanuel Sejourne MUSIC, Adam Roberts, and Garrett Schumann! It’s pretty surreal that all of these pieces are my own commissions—lots of hard work organizing and funding these projects—and it will be so great to see everything come to fruition in 2021 (I hope!). I’m really proud of the work that it took to make this happen, and so elated that these brilliant composers were open to collaborating. Practice time! 🥁🤓

Going live in 90 mins (8pm EDT) with Rustic Percussion on Instagram! Really happy to be the latest addition to the Rustic Artist Roster. These temple blocks have traveled with me to just about every solo show, have held up well and still sound great as ever. Come hang with us in just a little bit!

Excited to be a part of this virtual festival hosted by my alma mater! Very cool to be featured alongside some serious heavy-hitters 😳 grateful for the opportunity 🙏🥁

Only 3 days remain for Directors to nominate their students for the Capital University 2020 Virtual Band Festival!

Because of the virtual format, the festival is open to students nationwide. Participants will have the opportunity to work with six world-class artists including:

COMPOSER PANEL
Frank Ticheli

Alex Shapiro

Omar Thomas

PERFORMER PANEL
Master Gunnery Sergeant Susan Rider (“The President’s Own” United States Marine Band)

J. Michael Weiss-Holmes (Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Roosevelt University)

Cameron Leach (Internationally Recognized Solo and Chamber Percussionist)

For more information about the Capital University 2020 Virtual Band Festival, including how to nominate students, please visit www.capital.edu/bandfest. All nominations MUST be submitted by no later than THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9.