It has just been announced that Grover Pro artists Julie Davilla, Julie Hill & Amy Smith, known collectively as The Caixa Trio have won the "Best Percussion Ensemble" category of DRUM! magazine's "Drummie" awards.
Each year readers of DRUM! choose their favorite performing percussionists. Look for the results in the August issue of DRUM! Other Grover Pro artists that made the grade include Efrain Toro, Valerie Dee Naranjo, Airto Moreira and Taku Hirano.
Congratulations to all!
Everyone knows that Grover Pro products are used in the world's finest concert halls, but did you know that our products are omnipresent in the LA studios, on Broadway and with top touring acts like Peter Gabriel? We had a chance to catch up with new Grover Endorser Joby Burgess while he was in Boston with Peter Gabriel and the New Blood Orchestra. Joby joins the ranks of some of Britain's top solo percussionists like Evelyn Glennie, Daniella Ganeva and Dave Danford, who are all Grover Pro endorsers. "Thanks for picking out the excellent new triangles for my North American tour with Peter Gabriel. Peter has a passion for using several very closely pitched triangles together, on tracks like Mercy...
The University of Tennessee at Martin Percussion Studio (Julie Hill, Director) traveled to Salvador da Bahia, Brazil from May 15-22, 2011. . The UTM studio also participated in percussion lessons, cultural exchange sessions, and clinics with the percussion studio of the Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA) in Salvador. The culmination of this exchange was a collective concert featuring both studios on Thursday May 19th at the UFBA School of Music. The finale of this concert was a premiere written by Hill for the event entitled, “Lembranças” in which both studios performed together. Julie told us "The UTM students were absolutely wonderful in their openness to diversity and experiences in a new and diverse culture in Salvador, Brazil. They were great...
Naples Philharmonic (FL) Principal Percussionist Jim Dallas visited our factory today. Jim was on a New England trip visiting both the venerable Avedis Zildjian Company and Grover Pro Percussion too.
While he was here, Jim informed us that he really loves our new X-Series Synthetic Head Tambourines. Jim explains his experience is that our innovative synthetic head tambos work really well, and are unaffected in the very humid Florida weather. Jim purchased his first Grover Pro tambourine in 1983 and reports that he still plays it all the time with the Naples Philharmonic!
We just received word from Nashville studio drummer Rich Redmond, who told us that our tambourines are heard on chart topping - #1 contemporary hits by some of Nashville's best country artists! Here's what Rich said: "Hey there guys! I wanted to send you an artist update. I will tell you that EVERY track on the Billboard charts that I played on (listed below) features my headless GROVER tambourine!" Steel Magnolia: "Keep On Loving You" Jason Aldean: "Crazytown" Jason Aldean: "My Kind A Party" Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson: "Don't You Want To Stay" Thompson Square: "Let's Fight" Thompson Square: "Are You Gonna Kiss me or Not"? Ash Bowers : "Aint No Stoppin Her Now" Blake Wise: "Cornfields" Blake Wise:...
