Pierre Favre - The Drummers

This video is from a DVD called: "Pierre Favre - The Drummers." It features Pierre Favre, Chris Jaeger, Markus Lauterburg, Lukas Mantel, Lucas Niggli, Marcel Papaux, Norbert Pfammatter and Fredy Studer and was recorded ive at Theaterspektakel Zurich 2007. All compositions were composer by Pierre Favre. For more information see www.pierrefavre.ch

John Luther Adam's Inuksuit

John Luther Adam's Inuksuit received the US premiere at Furman University on Friday, April 16 and the first performance with 99 percussionists is on Saturday, April 17 at the Round Top Percussion Festival. This video features John Luther Adams discussing the composition.

WGI Best Bits: Percussion Independent World

In honor of the WGI finals (which are occurring this weekend in Dayton), here are some of the great moments in Winter Guard International. Included in these clips are: Blue Knights 2008- "iDrum", Riverside Community College 2006- "Sacred Geometry of Chance", Rhythm X 2008- "Gone", Music City Mystique 2008- "The Adventures of...", Pulse Percussion 2009- "Breathe", Riverside Community College 2008- "City of Lights", Aimachi 2006- "GO", Riverside Community College 2009- "Totem" and Rhythm X 2009- "Touch"

Thanks to HarukiHotshot (on YouTube) for putting these video clips together.

Hands On'semble - Piru Bole (Bergamo)

The Hands On'Semble, featuring John Bergamo, Randy Gloss, Andrew Grueschow, and Austin Wrinkle, performed at the PAS Southern California Day of Percussion at CSU, Long Beach on September 30, 2001.

This piece is called Piru Bole by John Bergamo. For more information about the Hands On'Semble, please visit: http://www.handsonsemble.com/

Iannis Xenakis - Okho - 2 Part

Peabody Percussion Group Concert - 26 April 2009 Tomasz Kowalczyk; Kei Maeda and Georgi Videnov perform Xenakis' Okho arranged for multi-percussion set-ups (instead of Djembe).

Xenakis - Okho - Pt. 1

Peabody Percussion Group Concert - 26 April 2009 Tomasz Kowalczyk; Kei Maeda and Georgi Videnov perform Xenakis' Okho arranged for multi-percussion set-ups (instead of Djembe).


Iannis Xenakis: Psappha; Rebonds A & B; Okho pour trois djembés [DualDisc]

Joseph Pereira: Pereira, "Come Sopra"

Joseph Pereira: Pereira, "Come Sopra"

Joseph Pereira, the new Principal Timpanist for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, performs his composition Come Sopra at a concert in Culver City, CA, March 19, 2010. This was the world premiere performance.

Jojo Mayer New York Grooves

Today's video features Jojo Mayer drum solos from his method book Secret Weapons for the Modern Drummer. Jojo Mayer is a successful Swiss Drummer who currently lives in New York. He big break came at 18 when he became the drummer for the Monty Alexander Group. According to Wikipedia: "Jojo Mayer is known for bringing together jazz, drum and bass, jungle, and other influences. He is also famous for his ability to play the rhythms of programmed jungle drum 'n' bass music on acoustic drums, terming this technique "reverse engineering", a phrase borrowed from computing."

Joe Morello - 1961 Drum Solo