Welcome to the home page of the Beaverton Community Band. We hope you take the time to browse our site. To get you started, our "Focus On" series introduces you to various sections of the band and the talented members who comprise them.
Focus On: Percussion
Yoshi moves with her music
Percussion makes a performance exciting, daring, and sometimes daunting, as percussionists sometimes use their entire bodies to produce the desired sound.
Cyndi provides a jazzy back beat
Percussion includes a family of instruments, composed of both pitched instruments, such as the marimba and timpani, and non-pitched instruments, such as the bass drum and snare drum.
Lynn on bells
Another common sub-class is the auxiliary percussion, an array of specialized sound-producers such as woodblock, castanets, vibraslap, and claves, which are used to simulate a familiar sound or give a comical effect.
Wood blocks simulate horses' hooves
Jim renders the majesty of Holst
Percussionist Jim Cole cites the physical and mental dexterity needed to move from instrument to instrument as a particular challenge.
"....sometimes the only solution is memorization"
he says with a wink and a smile.
