You'd be hard-pressed to find any Revolutionary War relics in Pleasanton. With its wide cul-de-sacs, shiny new homes and neat lawns, the placid modern suburb is nothing like colonial Williamsburg. "I ...

The Spencer Drum Clinic, run by retired teacher and former Southern University Band section leader Kelvin Spencer and his wife Perlinda Spencer, helps young kids by teaching them about music and the ...

Keanu Napoleon couldn’t contain himself as he walked into the room for his first drum lesson last week. The 14-year-old paced around Justin Tamminga’s studio in anticipation, releasing an occasional ...

IOWA CITY - When her kids attended West High, Barbara DeGroot discovered the school's steel drum band. From that day forward, every time she saw Ginny Armstrong, the band's instructor, DeGroot would ...

A couple years after Joel Smales heard Ithaca College's Steel Band, he bought a steel pan of his own to play along with Binghamton High School's Jazz Ensemble. "Everybody loved it," said Smales, a ...