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 ...

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 ...

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 ...