Prepare your music at home first. Obtain your parts from the orchestra or ensemble that is employing you. Don’t feel bad about bothering a principal percussionist or librarian. It’s their job to get you the music so you have enough time to prepare it thoughtfully.…
Multi-Percussion by Casey Cangelosi
Multi-Percussion is a fantastic musical medium that can invite equal creative energy from both the composer and performer. Below are three ideas I like to be mindful of. Consider what multi-percussion is. The composer is asking you to combine several different percussion instruments to create…
Matt Darling Joins Artist Roster
Matthew Darling is a Professor of Music at California State University, Fresno, where he has taught percussion since 1991. In addition to teaching, Matt is the principal timpanist/percussionist with Music in the Mountains (Nevada City, CA), a position he has held since 1987. Matt is…
Neil Grover “Chimes In”
Chimes, (or tubular bells), are perhaps the most awkward percussion instrument to play. They are bulky, rather tall, and like all keyboard percussion instruments, you need to visually locate the correct note to accurately strike. That makes it almost impossible to read music, watch a…
HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM ALL OF US!
On behalf of all the staff and craftspeople here at Grover Pro Percussion, I wish you a very happy and healthy holiday season! Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!
Factory Visit
Today we were visited by top percussionists Carl “Butch” Small and Marcus Hunter, who were both in town performing with the legendary Motown artists the “Four Tops” and “The Temptations”. These two dynamic musicians have years of experience recording and backing top artists like Whitney…
National Symphony Principal Percussionist Joins Roster
Eric Shin, the new Principal Percussionist of the National Symphony in Washington D.C. has just joined the impressive roster of Grover Pro endorsing artists! Previously, Erik was acting principal percussionist of the Detroit Symphony and principal percussionist of the Honolulu Symphony. He has also performed…
Guest Blog – The Unexpected by Jim Neglia
Referring to one’s brain, we have been told there is a direct correlation between mathematics and music. I would like to expand this finding to the similarities between that of a percussionist and personnel manager. I can hear the sighs now … but wait, educator…
German Silver Jingles Set Off Alarm!
Here’s a true story we received from a young percussionist in Florida. Apparently our German Silver jingles were having an quite an affect on her alarm system when she practices! You can’t make this stuff up. “I was just practicing tambourine and I set off…
Down In The Heart Of Texas
Grover artist LineUponLine Percussion Trio was recently hailed by the Austin Chronicle as being first-in-class. Here’s what the Chronicle’s critic had to say: Best Drum Circle, Line, Triangle, Rhombus, and Moebius Strip: line upon line percussion (Critics Picks, Arts & Culture) Austinites with a yen…
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