"Everything I Love" https://youtu.be/YSztsJe8gfg via @YouTube The great David Friedman playing solo marimba
Read Stewart's #Percussion Talk blog: Teaching and Playing #Paradiddles, and related videos - including Practising Paradiddles to help students focus on the finer points as they practise with Stewart in real time. #MusicEducation #OUPMusic #BandTeachers https://bit.ly/35sxEtX
Fascinating article linking "musical engagement — and #drumming in particular — to well-being and human flourishing, which is linked to physical health and . . . #longevity . . ." #musiceducation #percussion https://bit.ly/3mLToqU
Looking forward to the new doc, "#OscarPeterson: Black + White". #MusicEducators should watch out for the DVD, which could serve as an important intro to both #jazz and a towering musician that all #musicstudents (make that "everyone") should know. https://bit.ly/2VLLJxi
How many hours a day do the world’s greatest #classicalmusicians practise? #musiced #PractiseMusic #ItzhakPerlman #YoYoMa #EvgenyKissin @classicfm http://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/how-many-hours-famous-classical-musicians-practise/
live "Tribute to John Coltrane" From JazzFM91 in Toronto. Kirk McDonald and Pat Labarbera saxophones; Brian Dickinson, piano; Neil Swainson bass; Terry Clarke, drums
Buddy Rich: "Traps the Drum Wonder"Buddy Rich began playing drums in vaudeville when he was 18 months old, billed as "Traps the Drum Wonder." At the peak of Rich's childhood career, he was reportedly the second-highest paid child entertainer in the world.![]()
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"Photo of Buddy Rich as a child performer, from 1923, when Buddy would have been about 6 years old, contributed by Rex Strother, from Salt Lake, Utah." ![]()
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A mini bio from 1998 on the legendary Roy Haynes, who turned 97 yesterday. He was in his mid-80s playing here www.youtube.com/watch?v=27lwYRhjBtE with Chick Corea in Marciac, France. Remarkable!!!!
The great David Friedman playing solo marimba . . .
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Just got a new Malletech 5 octave Padauk marimba and I'm recording my first solo tune, "Everything I love" tryong to get used to the somewhat different bar s...
Read Stewart's latest Percussion Talk blog: "Teaching and Playing Paradiddles", then check out the related videos - including a new "Practising Paradiddles" video that keeps students focused on the finer points as they practise with Stewart in real time.
Teaching and Playing Paradiddles | Stewart Hoffman Music
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Learn a relaxed approach to teaching and playing paradiddles from Stewart Hoffman, author of The Band Teacher's Percussion Guide (OUP).
OMEA Counterpoint 2018, Hamilton
November 2nd: Snare Drum Technique and Evaluation Workshop
Stewart’s percussion workshop, Control and Speed on the Snare Drum: Teaching and Evaluating a Relaxed Technique, at OMEA Counterpoint 2018 provides teachers with all the tools and confidence needed to effectively teach snare drum technique in band class. Teachers will also discover a practical system for evaluation that guides students to greater control and speed […]
November 2nd: Snare Drum Technique and Evaluation Workshop
NYSSMA Winter Conference,
Nov. 30 & Dec. 1, 2017: Workshop and Appearance with JW Pepper
Looking forward to meeting colleagues and talking percussion at the NYSSMA Winter Conference in Rochester, NY. In my workshop, Teaching a Relaxed Percussion Technique, I’ll explain : an effective snare drum grip playing with relaxed arms and hands using the rebound off the drum for speed and control using “lifts and levels” to play smooth dynamics […]
Nov. 30 & Dec. 1, 2017: Workshop and Appearance with JW Pepper
OMEA Interlude
Join me Nov 3 at St. John’s @MusicForCanada booth @OMEAInterlude17 in Huntsville to talk percussion & The Band Teacher’s @PercussionGuide
The Band Teacher’s Percussion Guide – Book Launch & Workshop
Saturday, April 8 at 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT St. John’s Music Toronto – 109 Vanderhoof Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4G2H7 Join Stewart as he introduces “The Band Teacher’s Percussion Guide: Insights into Playing and Teaching Percussion” (Oxford University Press), presents a workshop for current and future band teachers, and fields all your percussion questions. 1:00-1:30 Welcome and Introduction […]