Rhythmscape Publishing

Just a reminder that Rhythmscape has been shipping to the USA again. We couldn’t be happier to be back in full swing!

After last year’s temporary pause, it’s been a joy to see our music once again reaching performers, educators, and ensembles across the United States. Your continued support, patience, and passion for new percussion music mean the world to us.

If it’s been a while since you last visited, our full catalogue is ready and waiting — and we look forward to seeing our works continue to inspire stages, classrooms, and concert halls throughout the US.

Thank you for being part of the Rhythmscape journey. 💙

👉 Explore the catalogue: https://www.rhythmscape.com.au/collections/unaccompanied-solos

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

Different angle - calling out the stereotype 🥇

‘Drumming is full of machismo, so vulgar, so dumb’: Valentina Magaletti, the musician giving the underground its rhythm — Guardian Australia 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

Flutely?🧐

The marimba: all you need to know about the 'flutey' sounding percussion instrument Our guide to the marimba, the atmospheric percussion instrument that has been gaining a foothold in the repertoire over the last 50 years

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

Cleveland Orchestra percussionist use water as an instrument in Tan Dun‘s ’Water Concerto’ 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...

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

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

Giving Black Percussionists a Boost in the Orchestral World The Alliance of Black Orchestral Percussionists aims to redress historical imbalances and further integrate America’s orchestras.

Answer: YES.

Everyone, listen very carefully to Dr Diana Tolmie

Are musicians our best employees? | Diana Tolmie | TEDxQUT 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...

We've all hit them - fascinating history.

Gear Icons: Ludwig Drums - Mixdown Magazine 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 ...

... send to your favourite trumpet player!

‘She’s just hitting a triangle?’ Why being a percussionist is harder – and more crucial – than you may think 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.