Learn from master percussionist Jack Bell and others in this collection of percussion lectures, interviews, and performances
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Eugene Rehm Interview
Unconventional Audition This post tells the long-awaited true facts about the audition of Gene Rehm – former principal timpanist and third percussionist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Remarkably, it is told in the exact words of Gene – taken from an interview by Nick Jones of the ASO staff. I know you will find it…
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Mastery Through Accomplishment
The year was 1980 – many years ago. I was going through a tough time in my life. Tough times can feel incredibly overwhelming and exhausting. I was consoling myself by reading many books and assembling all the thoughts, as well as my own, into small red notebooks. After about a year, the notebooks were…
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Timpani and Orchestra: Jack Bell’s Insights
First, a little history about kettledrums or timpani. Expanding on this information would make a fasinating study for any percussionist or timpanist working on a paper relating to orchestration or music history. Some Introductory Notes The few sentences that follow will hopefully encourage continued research on this topic: The modern timpani evolved in the 18th…