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YouTube Finds – Percussion

7 Mar

These clips (solos/ensembles) were found with the goal of inspiring students. Some are videos the most famous players around, some are just fun music. (The woodwind list can be found HERE and brass HERE. We hope to have a full ensemble list soon.) If you have a clip you’d like us to add, please send us the link at banddirector@banddirectorstalkshop.com. Thanks!

Percussion You Tube Videos

Snare

Kit Chatham’s Dichotomy – Snare Drum Solo
Todd Meehan, TMEA 2016 Percussion All-State Music: Snare
Julie Davila – Stool Pigeon – Row-loff Productions!
Drum Corps on Parade by John Pratt- Bill Bachman Rudimental Snare Solo Hype
Jeff Queen Blue Knights Snare Solo

Mallet

Keiko Abe, Michi(marimba)
Evelyn Glennie, Rhythmic Caprice
Ney Rosauro Prelude 1
TMEA 2014 Percussion All-State Music: 4-Mallet Etude
Amazing Grace(vibraphone)
Into the Air by Ivan Trevino(marimba duet)
Afta-Stuba! by Mark Ford

Timpani

“Raise the Roof”for Timpani and Symphonic Band
TMEA 2013 Percussion All-State Audition Music: Timpani Etude, Sherry Rubins
Timpani Solo, Etude #1 – Scherzo by Tom Freer

Percussion Ensemble

Eastman Percussion Ensemble: Fandango 13
Catching Shadows – Percussion Sextet
Berklee Percussion Ensemble, “Ogoun Badagris”
“Dance of the Drums” by Gene Koshinski

Behind the Scenes Videos

A Day in the life of the DSO Percussionists
Les Mis Percussion Cam 1
Markus Rhoten, New York Philharmonic Principal Timpani 

Instructional Videos

Idiophone Comparison(marimba/xylo/vibes/glock
How to Change a Snare Head/Tune the Drum
Crash Cymbal Technique with Michael Burritt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Related Reading:
YouTube Finds (Woodwinds)
YouTube Finds (Brass)
Five Minute Drill – Fun Classroom Routines for Percussion
Ways Tape Can Help Your Beginning Percussion

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