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June 2025

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Features

MARCHING

The Life and Career of Sanford Augustus Moeller

The Moeller Book at 100

DRUMSET

Pop Percussion Playing 101 for Drumset Players 

WORLD

Ustad Zakir Hussain: Stories From the Road

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Music Catalyzes Cancerous Cell Death and Makes Stem Cells Dance

INTERACTIVE DRUMMING

Laughter is Best

DIVERSITY

Spotlight Series with Black Percussionists: Teddy Hall, Jr.

SYMPHONIC

Terms Used in Percussion: Ligeti and the Flexatone

Leading the Symphonic Percussion Section: Reducing threat, regulating emotion, resolving conflict, and regenerating ourselves

EDUCATION

To Want to Be a Percussionist: Finding Sustainability Through Philosophy

RESEARCH

Sarah Hennies’s Revival of Works by Michael Ranta

KEYBOARD

A Different Perspective on Determining Mallet Stickings

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Professionalizing Your Practice

TECHNOLOGY

Matt Jordan: On Teaching Technology and Electronics

COMPOSITION CONTEST

2024 PAS Composition Contest Winners

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FROM THE RHYTHM! DISCOVERY CENTER COLLECTION

Hinger Touch-Tone model SD6 Snare Drum

REVIEWS

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The Life and Career of Sanford Augustus Moeller

By Kyle Forsthoff with Scott Mitchell

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TECHNOLOGY

Matt Jordan: On Teaching Technology and Electronics

by Kurt Gartner

KEYBOARD

A Different Perspective on Determining Mallet Stickings

by Jack Van Geem

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Drumset: Dr. Colleen Clark
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Health & Wellness: Dr. Laurel Black
Interactive Drumming: Dr. Robert Damm
Keyboard: Gloria Yehilevsky and Nancy Zeltsman
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Professional Development: Dr. Dan Piccolo
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