Rhythmscape Publishing

14/01/2025

Optimum Percussion's publication 'The Versatile Drummer' features outstanding works by Australian composers. Three works by Gordon Hughes are in the mix. .

Check it out here: https://www.optimumpercussion.com.au/index.php/versatile-drummer-31-drumkit-solos-the.html

22/11/2024

Different angle - calling out the stereotype 🥇

The Italian percussionist has collaborated with everyone from Radiohead’s Philip Selway to Raime. We need to stop ‘punishing’ drums and explore their potential, she says

16/11/2024

Flutely?🧐

Our guide to the marimba, the atmospheric percussion instrument that has been gaining a foothold in the repertoire over the last 50 years

28/10/2024

40-year career - 👏🥇

Glennie has paved a remarkable path — as a soloist, as a deaf performer, and as an advocate for connection above all else.

28/10/2024

World Foot Champion. 🦶

Hello, all you Sick Drummers! My name is Mike “Machine” Mallais. I am 44 years old, from Canada, and have been playing since the age of 2. I got into

28/10/2024

We all need to keep breaking barriers. 👏

The world of percussion has historically been a male-dominated field, that to this day, continues to lack equal gender representation. ProMusica currently has 10 female principal musicians in the…

28/10/2024

Get yourself along...

28/10/2024

There won't be a dry hand in the house.

Tan Dun, the Oscar-winning composer of the music from the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," will conduct the Cleveland Orchestra in a performance of his compositions "Water Concerto" and Concerto for Orchestra this weekend. Cleveland Orchestra percussionist Marc Damoulakis will use a bowl of w...

28/10/2024

👏🥇... and what are we all doing in our spheres of influence?

https://www.sfcv.org/articles/feature/giving-black-percussionists-boost-orchestral-world #

The Alliance of Black Orchestral Percussionists aims to redress historical imbalances and further integrate America’s orchestras.

28/10/2024

Answer: YES.

Everyone, listen very carefully to Dr Diana Tolmie

We need to move away from the outdated idea of a ‘professional’ musician and instead respect what they contribute to society beyond the art form. Diana is pa...

28/10/2024

... just not sure how to feel about this!

Percussionist Joe Porter performed the classic Windows XP shutdown sound on a variety of percussion instruments from around the world.

28/10/2024

We've all hit them - fascinating history.

For many, in the 1960's there was only one real name in drums: Ludwig drums. With a potent history spanning back to the beginning of ...

28/10/2024

... send to your favourite trumpet player!

Next time you see someone at the back of the orchestra with their many percussion instruments, take a moment to thank these masters of rhythm and timbre as part of the music you love.

14/04/2023

Rhythmscape Features on Apple’s New Classical App 👏🏼⭐️

Listen in the app designed for classical.