The hills, I’m told, are alive with the sound of music. But based on my research, so are the lawns, the woods and even a few concert halls. Summer is a fine time to dig into light fare with your ...

Arrow Highway, Pomona. The concert will feature marimba soloists Lucas Critchfield, Jasenia Morningstar and Horacio Peralta performing “Noche de Luna Entre Ruinas” by Mariano Valverde ...

The tabla, a vital Indian percussion instrument, features two drums played with intricate techniques. Distinct schools, known as gharanas, have emerged, each emphasizing unique techniques and ...

The Linda Ronstadt Music Hall stage packed with nearly 300 musicians performing Carl Orff’s magnificent, larger-than-life masterpiece “Carmina Burana.” But it was more than just optics.

“Focusing euphoria out of chaos,” marveled the Chronicle during SXSW 2019, KOKOKO!’s Austin “debut felt like a tribal drum circle inside a futuristic nightclub.” Looking like Devo in ...

Nostalgists like Rick Beato complain that pop has become simpler and less interesting than it was in ABBA’s time, and that’s true as far as notes on the page go ... the guitar, piano and marimba ...

The 2025 edition of the Mahindra Percussion Festival (MPF), to be held in Bengaluru on March 1 and 2, will be dedicated to the tabla wizard. The festival is also a celebration of Indian rhythm ...

“Eight hours of Orff is simply too much ... varied only with starkly primitive rhythm in the orchestra and percussion-punctuated declamation by the singers. The work was typical, too ...

Perhaps the most famous Minecraft Song on two of my favourite instruments: Marimba and Vibraphone. I hope you enjoy this wonderful piece, “Sweden” composed by C418. Finland’s president ...

The Orff musicians had to perform a body percussion piece, sing a partner song and perform a prepared piece on the alto xylophone. Students were scored on correct notes, proper intonation ...

This means using a string bow on vibraphone and glockenspiel, while the quartet are robbed of their sustaining power, playing pizzicato around the ghostly percussion notes. It progresses into dancing ...