Grover Pro Artist Pete Korpela is currently touring with Grammy Award Winner Josh Groban. Pete previously toured for over three years throughout the United States with the 1st National Tour of the Tony award winning musical "The Lion King" both as a marimbist and featured on-stage percussionist. An accomplished musician, in 2010 Pete performed with Cirque du Soleil as a musical director and lead drummer in a nationally televised project presenting the new “Xbox 360 Kinect” gaming console. Pete recently wrote us, "I am currently on Josh Groban's World Tour, using Grover tambourines, triangle beaters and Spectrasound Chimes. Also, I did this commercial shoot for Fox Football and it's airing on the Monday Night Football game on FOX. I was...
We've teamed up with professional timpanist and renowned educator John Tafoya to create a new line of professional level bamboo timpani mallets!
Formerly Principal Timpanist of the National Symphony in Washington, D.C., John left the orchestra to accept the prestigious position of Chair of the Percussion Program at Indiana University.
The Tafoya Signature Mallets will be unveiled at PASIC '11. If you're coming to the show be sure to stop by our display in booths #843, 845 & 847, and check them out for yourself. Do it early in the show, timpanists are sure to be fighting over these wonderful new mallets!
We just received a large order from the United States Navy for Grover custom snare drums and bass drums. We manufactured similar ceremonial drums a few years back for the Army band (see photo). When the Navy percussionists heard and saw the Army drums, they knew immediately that they had to have a set.
These custom drums receive a special shell coating inside and out, so that the drum is completely sealed from the weather. The drums are used outside for ceremonies and the Navy percussionists can be assured that the drums will perform optimally regardless of the weather conditions.
We welcome percussive artists Thomas Burritt (Univerity of Texas) and Michael Sammons (University of South Alabama) to our Endorser roster. Michael recently wrote us, ""Your products provide the sound and quality for me to perform my best".
Tom & Michael join a roster of many of the world's finest percussionists who play and appreciate Grover Pro Percussion products!
