More than drums: EMF percussion concert in Greensboro features variety of instruments, composers
GREENSBORO — Percussion instruments include more than drums. Eastern Music Festival percussion faculty John Shaw, Eric Schweikert, Matt Decker and Catherine Cole and two guest artists will demonstrate that in a July 21 concert. It will include works by living and female composers, three of whom are from North Carolina. Not only will percussionists make music with drums, but with a xylophone, marimbas (the larger cousin to the xylophone, both played with mallets), vibraphone, tambourines, flower pots, brake drum, even their hands on a table. Shaw defines a percussion instrument as those Ã...
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