Grover Pro Percussion, world leaders in high quality percussion products since 1980, has introduced an innovative solution for percussionists of all skill levels. Designed in collaboration with professional percussionist Kirk Gay, the new Grover Pro Percussion Footrest is a versatile performance tool which will prove indispensable for the playing of concert bass drum, tambourine, castanets, and other percussive accessories. When placed adjacent to a concert bass drum the Percussion Footrest functions as a stable platform used to support a raised knee, thereby facilitating easy bass drum muffling. This adjustable foot stand will also prove indispensable when the concert repertoire demands that percussionists use a knee as a striking surface when executing fast tambourine or castanets passages. Features include: Height adjustment...
Today we tip our hat to a very dear friend of the percussion world, Ian Turnbull, who turns 90 today! Winner of the first PAS Outstanding Chapter President’s award in 1991 for his leadership in Ontario, Canada, Ian was born in Worcester, England to parents of Scottish descent, Turnbull joined the British Army Band as a “Boy Entrant” at the age of 15, serving in Europe, the Far East, and the Caribbean until 1957. The following year, he emigrated to Canada where he joined the Band of Her Majesty’s Canadian Guards and attained the rank of Principal Percussionist. In 1963, Turnbull transferred to the Band of the Royal Canadian Regiment where he served for seven years before transferring to the...
The Rolling Buzzards Brigade, under the direction of Sean Kennedy, recently recorded a new version of the classic, "Connecticut Halftime"!
This arrangement, made by Sean Kennedy, features a number of today's top percussive artists! (Check out the blue Grover Pro SD that Dame Evelyn Glennie is playing!).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-8_VTtg0l8&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3I1xNf1-mGa1ux3rDhnmyzdbhDl1xgK1w0BzKzoPl3A2PfhRG6zRgXhR8
Performers: Clayton Cameron, Chris Colaneri, Bernie Dresel, Dame Evelyn Glennie, Neil Grover, Heather High-Kennedy, Sean J. Kennedy, David Lu, Sherrie Maricle, Chihiro Shibayama, Gabriel Staznik, John Wooton,
The Grammy® award winning band, Hanky Tanky, was recently featured on the PBS Newshour. They are bringing back a musical genre known as "Gullah" music, which has been lost to popular culture.
The tambourine plays an important part of this musical genre and we're delighted that Hanky Tanka has chosen Grover Pro tambourines!
https://youtu.be/a-NcVKzVIQM
