Title

Daniel Druckman

Daniel Druckman (Pre-College '76; B.M. '80, percussion) is chairman of the percussion department and has been on the faculty since 1991.

Articles by Daniel Druckman

Ceremony and Ritual

Percussion has been linked closely to ceremony and ritual throughout history and in Japan, the inherent ceremonial nature of percussion is front and center in ...

Street Beats: Percussion in New York City

Ever since Edgard Varèse unveiled his Ionisation at Carnegie Hall in 1933, New York City has been a nurturing home to the art of the ...

French Modernism, Past and Present

The birth of the percussion ensemble as a musical entity in Western music is usually traced to 1933, when Nicholas Slonimsky conducted the premiere of ...

Walter Rosenberger 1918-2013

Walter Rosenberger’s encyclopedic knowledge of the percussion repertoire, his uncanny memory, and his attention to detail were legendary.

The Alchemy of Sound

The Juilliard Percussion Ensemble presents two of George Crumb's most bombastic works.

Journal Current TOC

Current Issue: May-August 2017