The tabla, a vital Indian percussion instrument, features two drums played with intricate techniques. Distinct schools, known ...

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Pianists spend years learning how to conceal the fact that the piano is a percussion instrument. One skilled player seated at the piano can conjure visions of clouds floating by, a gondolier singing ...

As one of the most-performed living composers, the Pulitzer winner insists that her music communicate to everyone — from farmers to children to the classical music intelligentsia.

Chalon Ragsdale came to the university in 1975 as the assistant marching band director and the percussion teacher.

The Uptown Rhythm Festival will mix styles, including tap, swing and flamenco, that are flourishing despite problems of rehearsal and performance space.

Archaeologists in Dahwa, Oman, found two strange discs that turned out to be a rare 4,000-year-old musical instrument, ...

The Chicago quartet Third Coast Percussion is well-versed in high ... using several special-made instruments from the pit. As the group prepares for its final North American shows with Tharp ...

The 34 students who play percussion instruments ranging from tenor drums to cymbals to marimbas and more will be performing "Echoes of Ashes," a seven-minute set depicting the eruption of Mount ...

Crown Prince of Dubai shared the picture with his 16.9 million followers on Instagram Dubai: Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, and ...

Archaeologists excavating ruins in Dahwa, Oman, found a “rare” 4,000-year-old pair of cymbals likely buried as a ritual offering. Photo from Antiquity While sifting through the ruins of an ...