When Vic Firth was growing up, he took weekly lessons on piano, trumpet, clarinet, trombone and drums —plus music theory. Only the drums — and the drumsticks — stuck. Firth, who for 50 years ...

Everett “Vic” Firth, a longtime timpanist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra who became renowned among drummers of all stripes as a manufacturer of drumsticks, died July 26 at his home in Boston.

“Vic was leading the orchestra.” Mr. Firth, who also taught at New England Conservatory from 1952 to 1995 and founded a highly successful drumsticks company, died in his Boston home Sunday of ...

"It was closer to what we wanted to do with our lives," Cross says, "to prep sticks rather than work in the cafeteria!" The Vic Firth factory is located in Newport, Maine, and claims an output of ...

NAMM 2013: Percussion maestro Pete Lockett has gone and got his own Vic Firth signature stick ... Designed as a double-ended stick for multi-purpose use, the DrumJammer has versatility in mind and is ...

Drum stick giants Vic Firth have taken the humble hickory hitter to a whole new level: by adding a mini USB port and a powerful LED light in each tip. They're called Lite Stix, and while they resemble ...

Vic Firth Co., a manufacturer of music drumsticks, mallets and percussion accessories that has been operating at 77 High St. in Newport since 1963, has relocated to 34 Progress Park in Newport ...

Everett “Vic” Firth, the celebrated principal timpanist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1956 to 2002 who also started a successful percussion equipment company, died on Sunday in his ...