We just returned from our 32nd consecutive Percussive Arts Society International Convention, and we couldn't be happier. Throughout the three-day event our booth was mobbed...MOBBED! All of our newest products were received with great excitement and enthusiasm. Both the new brass tubular triangle beaters, and unique musical anvils sold out within the first 4 hours of the show! Dozens of percussionists asked us what the new "secret" project was...that is, until they got their hands on prototypes of our ChromaTone™ seamless timpani mallets. Percussionists went wild, and for good reason: these new mallets look and sound fantastic! Using custom-made felts that are formed directly on a solid core, these mallets require no sewing and are free from the troublesome air...
Kirk is Coordinator of Undergraduate Studies and Instructor of Music at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, FL. He also directs the “Black Steel” steel drum ensemble. As a composer and arranger he has works published by Tapspace Publications, Alfred Publications and Pan Press Publications. His timpani etude book “Pedal to the Kettle”, released by Tapspace Publications, is used in many states for All-State auditions as well on the state solo lists. An active clinician, Kirk has presented many clinics and master classes at universities and high schools throughout the U.S and abroad. He has appeared at both PASIC and TBA as a clinician. Kirk performs regularly with the Walt Disney World Orchestra and the Orlando Philharmonic and currently...
We were visited by Maria Finkeleheimer, Jacob Remington and Charles Martin, collectively known as Ensemble Evolution. These three talented young percussionists met in Sweden while studying with our good friend Anders Astrand.
On Thursday, November 14th they will be giving an exciting, multi-media presentation at PASIC '14 in Indianapolis. There trip was to our factory was to specifically find 3 differently pitched woodblocks for a clarinet and woodblock piece being premiered!
@GroverProPerc I urge every percussionist,composer to obtain a Grover Anvil. Superb addition, practical, the best Grover craftsmanship.— Evelyn Glennie (@DameEvelyn) October 29, 2013
@GroverProPerc They are brilliant! One of the best items to be developed in a long time. There are anvils upon anvils within one surface.— Evelyn Glennie (@DameEvelyn) October 29, 2013
Thanks, Evelyn!
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Gwendolyn Burgett is assistant professor of percussion at the Michigan State University College of Music. She began her musical career studying piano and violin at the age of two. As a percussionist, she has maintained a career as an active solo, chamber, and orchestral musician. Burgett has also performed numerous solo recitals throughout the United States and Japan, and has been a featured soloist with the Eastman Philharmonia and the Interlochen Philharmonic. Burgett was winner of the Keiko Abe Prize at the second World Marimba competition in Okaya, Japan, and the top prize winner at the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts’ ARTS competition. She was awarded the performer’s certificate from the Eastman School of Music and has also...
