Hall of Fame 2016

 by Garwood Whaley  In 1996, while I was president of PAS, I was honored to be invited to represent PAS at the Taipei International Percussion Festival by its founder, Tzong-Ching Ju. Since PAS had no budget for such an expensive trip, Mr. Ju graciously volunteered to pay all expenses for my wife and me. Together…

 by Lauren Vogel Weiss  He dreamed of being a timpanist in a major symphony orchestra. He almost changed careers to work with underprivileged children. But fortunately for the world of music, Ed Soph kept returning to the drumset, making the multiple-percussion instrument sing with music. Edward “Ed” Soph (which rhymes with “loaf”) was born in…