Their natural habitat might be the orchestra, but that doesn't mean the timps don't also have a place in more contemporary contexts… When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Choosing the best timpani mallets for the kind of music you’re playing is vital. Different styles of timpani mallets determine the tone you’ll produce when you play the timpani. With well over two ...

As a leading researcher in the history and literature of the timpani, Brigham Young University School of Music professor Harrison Powley was pivotal in the successful release of the German compact ...

What is it? The sound of distant thunder! The noise of tumbling avalanches! The booming heartbeat of the universe! Also known as that bloody big drum that sounds unstoppable and looks like so much fun ...

Says German Conductor Hermann Scherchen: “I enjoy doing what other conductors don’t want to do or can’t do.” Known to U.S. listeners—from his records only—as a master of the classical repertory, he is ...

Back in 2023, Song Athletics teamed up with Grammy-nominated composer Max Richter for a software instrument that captured the sounds of Richter's Steinway D SPIRIO | r grand piano, before releasing ...

The technical aspects of this release run the risk of overwhelming its musical qualities: this version of Dvořák’s "New World" symphony is spread over six 45rpm LP sides and is, remarkably, a wholly ...

MMI Preparatory School’s music program is hitting a new note, thanks to the addition of a professional-quality timpani drum set, made possible through the Barbara L. Sowers and Joseph A. Turri ’45 ...