SK Kakraba, a renowned virtuoso on the Ghanaian gyil, a wooden xylophone, will perform with the University of Wyoming Percussion Ensemble Friday, Dec. 2. (SK Kakraba Photo) SK Kakraba, a renowned ...
CASSELTON, N.D. – When Christina Erb gets going, her mallets fly across the xylophone, eliciting a complicated melody. The 17-year-old Central Cass High School junior recently won the Young Artists ...
A conversation with cornetist and bandleader Lew Green Jr. is an enticing glimpse into a bygone world of live radio, novelty songs and a musical family named Green that made an impact on the Golden ...
On Wednesday, The UNC Gamelan Nyai Saraswati ensemble hosted their Fall concert with over 50 people in attendance. The concert was in Hill Hall, and featured a variety of instruments, including gongs, ...
DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - Parsons School’s ukulele club began after winter break in January, and already three of the kids have gone out to buy a ukulele of their own because they like it so much. And ...
The marimba has an interesting history in which, oddly enough, Pennsylvania plays a major role. It is one of the oldest of musical instruments. There are records that the marimba existed in a much ...
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 ...