From all of us here at Grover Pro, we wish you a joyous and prosperous start to 2016. Thank you to everyone who has helped make us one of the leading percussion companies in the world! We have many new and exciting products on the…
In demand session percussionist, Taku, is a busy guy. Along with our friend Kenny Aronoff, he performed as part of the house band on the John Lennon 75th Birthday Celebration at Madison Sq. Garden in NYC. The show was broadcast worldwide on CBS. Here’s a…
Be sure to catch St. Louis Principal Percussionist Will James at the Midwest Band & Orchestra Clinic-10:30am on Thursday December 17th in McCormick Place – Room 179. Will will cover good sound production concepts on mallet instruments, snare drum, tambourine & cymbals. Click here to…
Vic’s “Solo Timpanist” is an iconic timpani book that contains some of the best etudes written for the student timpanist. I was fortunate to have worked through this book in private lessons with Vic while a student at The New England Conservatory. Boise Symphony Timpanist…
It always encouraging to get positive feedback from dedicated percussionists and I was thrilled to get a very nice letter from my old friend George Mardinly. George and I met while Boston Symphony fellows at Tanglewood in the 80s, subsequently George had a professional career…
I first met percussionist Karen Ervin when she came to Boston in the early 80s with the National tour of “Pirates of Penzance”. She astonished me with her non-stop virtuosic mallet playing throughout the show (it was a revamped Broadway production). We became instant friends,…
Going to the Midwest Band & Orchestra Clinic? Be sure to catch Endorser Bill Shaltis at Midwest – Room W183 on 12.16.15, 12-1PM. Bill will present an informative and highly useful clinic on timpani tuning. Tuning and tone production is a skill set that is…
We sighted Grover endorser Patrick Bowen in a star-studded, Grammy-produced tribute show at the Wynn Las Vegas resort-casino, which aired last night on CBS. Among the stars paying tribute to Frank Sinatra were Tony Bennett, Garth Brooks, Nick Jonas, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Adam…
