Tag Archives: drums

Now Available In Print

Posted on February 24, 2019 by

Special announcement for the musicians and teachers that prefer print to the on screen version. All the Dozens of Duets books are now available to order in print in the United Kingdom. The £4.00 cost includes first class post to … Continue reading →

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Sticks for Starters

Posted on October 21, 2018 by

Participation in music is life changing. Regular singing and/or playing an instrument have many benefits especially where health and social interaction are concerned. For the first time in my music teaching experience, forty years and counting, I am meeting drum … Continue reading →

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A to Z of Percussion

Posted on December 10, 2017 by

A couple of years ago I published a collection of blogs about percussion. It was an A to Z of percussion instruments and to save searching I have now collated all the links on one page. Here are all the … Continue reading →

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Drummers are percussionists too

Posted on October 12, 2017 by

Well into the teaching term now and already some of the drum pupils are asking about when they will be playing percussion again. Introducing the sounds of percussion into the drum lessons has inspired most of the students to consider … Continue reading →

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Present and past, new and old, now and then.

Posted on August 9, 2016 by

How to celebrate 37 years, and counting, of composing and publishing music? This is the question I have been pondering for a number of weeks and then everything became clear as I was editing some new compositions. The idea is … Continue reading →

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Part-time PhD and amendments

Posted on June 24, 2016 by

there seems to be an inevitable stage for the new Doctor to then be required to complete some more paragraphs that further explain, Continue reading →

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Deranged Drums on Digital Vistas now published

Posted on May 16, 2016 by

For Percussion Ensembles Deranged Drums on Digital Vistas for drum kit (set) and two percussion ensembles is now published and the complete set of full score and parts is now available to order from the Home page at http://www.prbpnews.info I … Continue reading →

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