Percussion Education
Here are some resources for percussion education. There are articles and interviews featuring Thom Hannum's expertise.
Thom's Pearl Snare Technique Article.
Suggested Ensemble Setup for Pictures at an Exhibition. Arrangement by Thom Hannum
Developing Reading Skills Using Rythmic Building Blocks reprinted from FANFARE, Spring 1999.
Sample Assignments from Championship Concepts for Marching Percussion.
An Interview with Thom Hannum, reprinted from Percussive Notes, Journal of the Percussive Arts Society, Vol. 37, No. 1, February 1999. Interview by Chad Wyman.
Percussion Arranging Seminar given at the Alabama Music Educators Association meeting January 21-23, 1999 in Tuscaloosa, AL.
Percussion Orchestration Tips, by Thom Hannum.
Building Your Vocabulary - Music is our universal language, and building a vocabulary to communicate our ideas is an essential step for all musicians. Included in this article are some fundamental elements of percussion we all use as players and writers (previously published as part of the "Percussion Resource Library" section of the Pearl website).