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  • n  a person who plays the kettledrums

  • His gestures were incisive, particularly in the extreme loud and soft passages; obviously he had learned his scores by heartno timpanist could miss his cannonball cues.
  • Stocky, energetic Saul Goodman, 46, timpanist (kettledrummer) and head of the New York Philharmonic-Symphony's percussion section, got a rare chance to do both last week in .
  • A musical prodigy who took up drumming at the age of twelve, he became timpanist with the Kyoto and Osaka orchestras two years later, studying ballet on the side.
News & Articles

  • BSO announces new timpanist, four other orchestra appointments
    Beginning in September, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will welcome James Wyman as principal timpanist, succeeding the late Dennis Kain.        
    July 1, 2013 - Baltimore Sun
  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Announces Several New Orchestra Appointments
    James Wyman succeeds the late Dennis Kain as Principal Timpanist; Rebekah Newman appointed Fourth Chair Viola; Nathaniel Hepler appointed Second Trumpet; Lisa Bergman appointed Second Horn; BSO Violist Karin Brown wins internal audition as Assistant Principal Viola. (PRWeb June 29, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10878778.htm
    June 29, 2013 - PRWeb

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