GRAND RAPIDS -- Grand Rapids Symphony's Classical Series season opener is sure to be a hit. Make that many hits. Principal timpanist Shannon Wood will rattle the rafters with "Raise the Roof," a ...

Romance can blossom any old time, or so the song says, and perhaps it follows that romance also can blossom any old place. Even among the kettle drums. Betsy and Michael Husby (Clint Austin / DNT) ...

Look closely: The kettle drum player has a wooden spoon in one hand, a ladle in the other ... and doesn't even have his drums. But, hey, cutting a few corners can be forgiven of an orchestra that ...

John Lindberg spied a couple of items on his kettle drums as he mounted the stage: a gift bag and a card from his fellow Virginia Symphony Orchestra players. He’d been finding similar notes and ...

Look closely: The kettle drum player has a wooden spoon in one hand, a ladle in the other ... and doesn't even have his drums. But, hey, cutting a few corners can be forgiven of an orchestra that ...

Unlike most musicians in the Philadelphia Orchestra, Angela Zator Nelson of Media does not play one instrument such as the violin or cello. Instead, as a percussionist, she is adept at playing an ...

In the closing concert of its 52nd season, the Greenwich Symphony presented a familiar, but epic, program featuring two giant orchestral works, and a breathtakingly beautiful performance of Ralph ...

Look closely: The kettle drum player has a wooden spoon in one hand, a ladle in the other ... and doesn't even have his drums. But, hey, cutting a few corners can be forgiven of an orchestra that ...