The group of six YSM percussionists, led by renowned marimba player Robert Van Sice, explores new sounds, timbres and ...

What is a percussion instrument? A percussion instrument is any musical instrument that’s played by being struck or scraped – that could be by a beater like a drum stick, by the player’s hand, or by ...

We had to get an early start to figure out how to ergonomically squeeze all of Sandbox Percussion's instruments behind the Tiny Desk. The band deploys a surprisingly wide arsenal. The ...

Then he broke the instrument. The instrument was an air raid siren. Kelly was one of 12 percussionists who had parts in “Amériques,” a dissonant piece that the composer Edgard Varèse began ...

Drums play a multifaceted cultural role in India. An integral part of musical practice and tradition, percussion instruments in India have also occupied our imagination through ancient myths, rituals, ...