Tonight, Grover Pro artist Joby Burgess will premier Gabriel Prokofiev's new composition "Concerto for Bass Drum and Orchestra" with the Princeton (NJ) Symphony Orchestra. Additional performances are scheduled for this Spring in Chicago and London, as part of Reverb2012. This astonishing 25 minute concerto is the second collaboration between Joby and London based composer Gabriel Prokofiev. You can learn much more about Joby's busy life HERE.
As they say in showbiz...break a leg Joby!
Grover Artist & Endorser, Master Sergeant James Bartelt, will be presenting a snare drum clinic at the 2012 Texas Music Educators Association convention in San Antonio. He will present on February 10th @ 6:30pm in room CC205. Be sure to arrive early, as this clinic is sure to be SRO! Master Sergeant Bartelt received his Bachelor of Music in Percussion Performance from Virginia Commonwealth University,and his Master of Music at Florida State University. In 2004 MSgt Bartelt joined the Air Force and was assigned to the Band of the West, Lackland AFB, Texas. Previously, he served over 13 years with U.S. Army Bands worldwide. In 2007, MSgt Bartelt became a member of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band at...
Philadelphia percussionists Angie Zator Nelson and David Nelson have joined our roster of top tier artists!
Angie has been a percussionist and Associate Principal Timpanist of the celebrated Philadelphia Orchestra since 1999. David is a member of the Philly Pops and the Reading Symphony. (And yes, Angie and David are married.)
They recently said, "Thank you for the opportunity to become an Endorser of Grover Pro Percussion. We are both proud to use your products in our playing as well as teaching".
Thank YOU Angie & David. It's fine performers like you who allow our sonic voice to be heard throughout the world!
Our good friend and world-class drummer, "Zoro", has written a new book, "The Big Gig", which is both motivational and inspirational. Anyone who has met, or heard Zoro play can easily understand his contagious passion for music and life.
Click HERE to see Zoro's interview on Fox News.
Here's a great video of a performance that was given at PASIC'11 by Grover Pro Endorser Dr. John Parks and the Florida State University Ensemble Percussion Ensemble. This is the same ensemble that Grover Pro Founder Neil Grover played in when he was a music student at FSU in the early 70s!
We're proud to say that the many of world's top percussion ensembles perform on Grover Pro instruments, such as the Grover Pro tambourine in this clip...
http://youtu.be/eFFbpg0vwkI
