When Josh Jones premieres Augusta Read Thomas’s “Illuminations” on Monday, he’ll make the timpani speak. Thomas’s piece, which she calls a “gratitude fanfare” with solo timpani, embeds words of ...

Percussionist Steve Scales leads a drum circle, alongside participant Sherry Berglund, at the Kennedy Center in Trumbull, Conn. Percussionist Steve Scales has played with the Talking Heads and Tina ...

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Slipknot parted ways with their longtime percussionist Chris Fehn back in March. The masked band found someone to replace him, but it's refusing to divulge his or her name. “The position you may or ...

A professional percussionist, UC Davis lecturer in music and advocate of musical education, Chris Froh has built a career fostering the talent of musicians while helping students discover new ways of ...

The coronavirus pandemic can be an opportunity for the arts, says Austrian percussionist Martin Grubinger — if we understand the signals right. That Martin Grubinger advocates diversity in music life ...

Percussionist, band leader and teacher Monette Marino, 52, is the founder of San Diego’s seven-year-old Mo’Rhythm School of Percussion. Her most recent recording is the 2020 single, “Sira.” ...