GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Grand Rapids Symphony kicks off its season with a bang. Followed by a crash, a pow and a splash. A Concerto for Section Percussion and Orchestra, composed by Grand Rapids Symphony ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The world premiere of a percussion extravaganza stole the show on Thursday night in Mandel Hall at Severance Music Center and may have set a record for the most percussion ever ...

At the end of the Spokane Symphony's current 78th season, three musicians will put away their music stands for the final time, taking a combined 142 years of symphony percussion experience with them.

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. They stand at the back of the orchestra, but they're still the loudest thing on stage. Percussionists ...

Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony have appointed two new musicians: Principal Bassoon Joshua Elmore and Section Percussionist Stan Muncy. Principal Bassoon Joshua Elmore ...

Percussionist Andy Cierny has found drummers are sometimes forgotten in his musical field, especially when anchored to the back of a stage space filled with rows of other musicians front and center ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - At last, the Cleveland Orchestra's percussion section is back to full strength. With the appointment of Thomas Sherwood, announced Tuesday, the group brings back to five its number ...

The percussion section stands at the back of the orchestra, facing the conductor, gladiators poised for battle. These warriors are armed with their bare hands, mallets, sticks and scores of other ...

Working with John Williams, karaoke in Japan and hitting things for a living - discover life in the percussion section of the London Symphony Orchestra. I remember thinking what a fabulous job that ...

The word “symphony” is ultimately from Greek “symphonia,” concord of sounds, harmony, a meld of “syn-,” together (as in synchronize, synthesis) and “phōnẽ,” sound (as in phonetics, telephone). The ...

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. What is a percussion instrument? Well, in the simplest terms it's something ...