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 ...

This article was published 20/12/2013 (4368 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. A Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO) musician said playing the drums is more than just hitting the ...

Markus Rhoten started learning piano as a toddler in Germany, "but I would always go to the low notes. I had an affinity for bass," he said. So his parents started him on drum lessons when he was 5.

Conductor Elizabeth Young said the orchestra was able to secure the set of four giant kettle drums, worth more than $20,000, thanks to the generosity of the Queensland Government and the Gambling ...

Pity the poor percussionist who needed to rent a timpani last Saturday night! Most of Vancouver’s kettledrums—nine, in total—could be found at the Orpheum Annex, with six of them in a neat semi-circle ...

The Maryland Symphony Orchestra continues its Masterworks Series with "Sacred Structures" on Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. in the historic Maryland Theatre in downtown Hagerstown. "Sacred ...

How does a scientist become a principal timpanist at the Met? Jason Haaheim gets that question all the time. The 38-year-old is a former nanotechnology researcher, with a master's degree in electrical ...

Can you tell us a little bit about your journey as a professional musician and how you joined BBC Philharmonic. I went to school in Liverpool and was able to take advantage of free percussion (and ...