Last Friday I had the great privilege of going to hear the United States Army Field Band. Not only is this a fantastic ensemble that performs at the very highest musical level, but, they are a great group of people too! The Army Field Band…
Brian Blume Joins Artist Roster
Percussionist, composer, and educator Brian Blume has performed as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestral player, and studio percussionist, with groups such as the Carmel Symphony Orchestra, Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, and BluHill Percussion Duo. He recently won a position as section percussionist…
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Setting Goals In Percussion by Brian Blume
I recently had a discussion with the percussion studio at Southeastern University regarding goals. I am asking the students to set some goals for themselves and for the studio as a way to better understand their purpose and direction during their time at SEU —…
Unraveling the Mysteries of Rhythmic Notation
Join our friend and master percussionist Ken Crawford on October 16th @ 2pm for an insightful and educational session delving into rhythmic notation. The session will be held at Gelb Music in Redwood City, CA. Ken is the Director of Pacific Sticks percussion group. He…
Glowing Comments From Peter Erskine
We recently received this very nice email from legendary drummer/composer Peter Erskine; “Playing with the LA Phil tonight … Bernstein’s ‘Prelude, Fugue and Riffs,’ among other things. The BlocKnock makes it possible to play the first burning tempo part (piano and clarinet duet, etc) with…
Wei-Chen Lin Joins Artist Roster!
We welcome Shanghai Symphony Percussionist, Wei-Chen Lin, to our roster of top percussion artists! In addition to his duties in the orchestra, he is forging an active solo percussion career. An active arranger, his pieces for marimba are published by Edition Svitzer in Denmark. According to…
Catch The Kraken Quartet This Fall!
The innovative and entertaining Kraken Quartet will be presenting a number of free shows this fall. Be sure to catch them if you are in the Austin, TX area – you DON’T want to miss these guys! September 19th…
From The Archives…
I found something interesting while recently going through some of my old correspondence. Here is a postcard that I received in 1992 after meeting famed Indiana University Professor George Gaber. George and I studied with the same teacher in N.Y., Joe Castka. Joe played percussion…
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