Choosing the best timpani mallets for the kind of music you’re playing is vital. Different styles of timpani mallets determine the tone you’ll produce when you play the timpani. With well over two ...

MMI Preparatory School’s music program is hitting a new note, thanks to the addition of a professional-quality timpani drum set, made possible through the Barbara L. Sowers and Joseph A. Turri ’45 ...

Matt Bassett can bang the drum slowly, tap it briskly or manage any other technique required by composer and conductor. The busy area percussionist and teacher is a member of the Cleveland Pops ...

Says German Conductor Hermann Scherchen: “I enjoy doing what other conductors don’t want to do or can’t do.” Known to U.S. listeners—from his records only—as a master of the classical repertory, he is ...

The technical aspects of this release run the risk of overwhelming its musical qualities: this version of Dvořák’s "New World" symphony is spread over six 45rpm LP sides and is, remarkably, a wholly ...