Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. What is a percussion instrument? Well, in the simplest terms it's something ...

A high-energy celebration of polyphonic rhythms, Spoken Hand Percussion Orchestra unifies four percussion batteries into one distinct voice: North Indian tabla, Afro Cuban bata, Brazilian samba and ...

So often in an orchestra, percussion plays what seems like a secondary role. But this week at Severance Hall, that misconception will be clarified when the Cleveland Orchestra and music director Franz ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — The Percussion Orchestra of Kingston will ring in its 25th anniversary with a special celebration and fundraiser at Old Dutch Church, on Nov.12 at 7 p.m. It represents a big milestone ...

IK Multimedia has announced a new Orchestral Percussion pack for Miroslav Philharmonik 2 and SampleTank 3. Following on from the successful Cinematic Percussion pack, IK Multimedia has once again ...

Eku Tambur, Eden Foundation's integrated percussion orchestra, is infecting both young and old with its vibrant, dynamic soul and growing at a fast pace. "We are aiming that the orchestra, which now ...

Is this beautiful music, wonderfully played? Definitely. Is it jazz (or anything close to it)? Afraid not. Music for Strings, Percussion and the Rest is chamber music with a classical temperament, ...

The Western Illinois University Summer Percussion Orchestra will present a free concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 12 in the College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC) Recital Hall. In its third year ...

This library takes percussion to a high ebb, through its solid capture of great playing and instruments, from one of the finest recording venues in the world. Relies on Spitfire’s own plugin, which ...

This week, percussion students from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth are being recognized with an international honor. The TCU Percussion Orchestra will head to Indianapolis to perform at the ...

Marin Alsop has already recorded Bartók's two ballet scores, The Miraculous Mandarin and The Wooden Prince, as well as his only opera, Bluebeard's Castle, for Naxos, with the Bournemouth Symphony. But ...

A study published in the International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics measured sound pressure levels as four orchestras performed, then estimated the risk of hearing loss for someone ...