Vic Firth presents Dr. Brad Meyer performing the TMEA 2020 All-State Four Mallet audition etude. This piece, Etude XV is from "The Solo Timpanist" by Vic Firth Included in the video are slow and medium tempo versions as well as the etude performed with a play-along track, courtesy of Alex Tomlinson. Download the FREE play-along tracks here: https://vicfirth.zildjian.com/education/texas-all-state-audition-etudes.html | Vic Firth

You asked so we delivered - time to learn how to tune the timpani with LPO Principal Timpani Simon Carrington 🥁 Here he demonstrates a tricky passage from Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, and describes how it all works with the pedals 🌟 | London Philharmonic Orchestra