On Sunday, the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic opens its 53rd season with a heaping serving of fantasy. “Fantastic Explorations” will feature works by Dai Wei (“The Dancing Moonlight ...

If you are playing in a band, a drum set might be best. However, if you are playing in an orchestra, you’ll most likely use timpani drums. To produce a sound on these dynamic drums, you will ...

CANYON COUNTY — Of the $282,974 the Whittenberger Foundation distributed to area nonprofit groups Friday, one relatively small award stood out. Not that $5,000 for the purchase of a symphonic ...

Not too many people have a timpani in their house ... In Jazz and Steel bands, his drum set performances are evidence of natural talent, exhaustive practice, and love of the genres.” ...

The chirruping piccolo in the final minutes was a novelty and those explosive thwacks from the timpani were back (oh, to be the percussionist let loose like that). Roll on the next eight weeks.

Valerie Baker grabbed two drumsticks and played a timpani set that made the Florida Gulf Coast University music department's walls reverberate with joy. Then the sophomore walked over to the ...