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 ...

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 ...

“I'm beyond humbled and honored to be joining the percussion section of The Cleveland Orchestra. The storied sound of the Orchestra and its commitment to music making has been a continual source of ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

When the Philadelphia Orchestra presents a concert this Saturday evening June 1, Angela Nelson of Media will be in her usual spot in the percussion section near the back of the stage. Unlike most of ...

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 ...

Fifteen Wyoming Valley West High School students recently performed at the Northeast PMEA Regional Orchestra concert held at the Blue Ridge High School. After competing there, Brayden Bogdon was named ...