Always keeping an eye out for exalted musical successes and disappointing musical failures, this one was recommended to me by a colleague. During a premiere Tauno Marttinen’s Symphony No. 4 with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (FRSO), this poor timpanist...
I can’t seem to keep from getting stuck playing percussion in the most random of situations. And I’m bad at it! As a non-percussionist, you might think that something as “simple” as whacking a drum or banging a chime is trivial (percussionists...
