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Companies

• Toca Percussion, maker of Latin and ethnic hand percussion

Ensembles

• Percussion Pops Orchestra, a notable percussion ensemble founded by Dick Schory who netted a Grammy nomination with the group in 1960 (Coverage and reviews in several Billboard issues)
• Percussion Group Cincinnati, inducted as a group into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame (The Modern Percussion Revolution: Journeys of the Progressive Artist Chapter 2)
• Hurtado Brothers Royal Marimba Band, inducted as a group into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame (The Latin Tinge: The Impact of Latin American Music on the United States Chapter 3)

Instruments

• Garantung, an instrument from Indonesia with a history distinct from the larger family of xylophones (The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments)

People

Alphabetical by surname

• Anders Åstrand, a Swedish keyboard percussionist (Anders Åstrand: A Paragon of the Modern Musical Aesthetic)
• William and Ruth Cahn, an American husband-and-wife duo that both play for the Rochester Symphony and teach at the Eastman School of Music (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 55 and Biographical Essays on Twentieth-Century Percussionists pg. 45)
• Christopher Lamb (percussionist), principal percussionist with the New York Philharmonic and winner of the inaugural Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 223 and Biographical Essays on Twentieth-Century Percussionists pg. 149)
• Paul and Sandi Rennick, an American husband-and-wife duo who teach at the University of North Texas and are considered to be among the most influential marching percussion arrangers and instructors of all time (Marching Bands and Drumlines: Secrets of Success from the Best of the Best)
• George H. Way, an American drummer and owner of George Way Drums (The Grove Dictionary of American Music)

Missing Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame members

By order of induction

1972 – 1980

• James Salmon (percussionist), an American percussionist who was the first to teach the subject at the University of Michigan (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 335)
• Paul Price (percussionist), an American percussion professor and owner of two publishing companies; established the first percussion ensemble program in the country at the University of Illinois (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 301)
• William Street (percussionist), principal timpanist for the Rochester Symphony and professor at the Eastman School of Music (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 362 and Biographical Essays on Twentieth-Century Percussionists pg. 273)
• Cloyd Duff, an incredibly prolific American timpanist who was principal with the Cleveland Orchestra for several decades (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 98 and Biographical Essays on Twentieth-Century Percussionists pg. 89)
• Alfred Friese, German-born violist and timpanist who ran the first timpani school in the United States and played timpani under Mahler for the New York Philharmonic (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 120)
• Richard Hochrainer, Austrian timpanist with the Vienna Philharmonic (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 173)
• Harry Breuer, American ragtime xylophonist (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 46)

1981 – 1990

• Charles Owen (percussionist), mallet soloist with the United States Marine Band for twenty years and later the principal percussionist of the Philadelphia Orchestra (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 278 and Biographical Essays on Twentieth-Century Percussionists pg. 193)

1991 – 2000

• William F. Ludwig, Jr. (or William F. Ludwig II), the son of the business magnet William F. Ludwig, Sr., he took over the Ludwig Drum Company from his father (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 238 and, History of the Ludwig Drum Company, and The Ludwig Book)
• George Gaber, an American percussion who had an eclectic career in dance bands, under the baton of several leading orchestral conductors, and as the professor of percussion at Indiana University (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 121)
• Alexander Lepak, an American percussionist who served as a timpanist and soloist for the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and professor at the Hartt School of Music (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 229)
• Morris Lang (or Morris "Arnie" Lang), an American percussionist who was associate timpanist and percussionist for the New York Philharmonic under Saul Goodman and founded Lang Percussion (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 225 and Biographical Essays on Twentieth-Century Percussionists pg. 153)

2001 – 2010

• Al Payson, principal percussionist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and inventor of the timp-toms which were developed into roto-toms (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 287 and Biographical Essays on Twentieth-Century Percussionists pg. 201)
• Michael Bookspan, principal percussionist for the Philadelphia Orchestra for nearly fifty years (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 43)
• Gordon Peters (percussionist), the first president of the Percussive Arts Society and principal percussionist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 290 and Biographical Essays on Twentieth-Century Percussionists pg. 209)
• Sandy Feldstein, author and editor of over a hundred method books for drummers and percussionists and later vice-president for Alfred Music ("The Music Manager: Sandy Feldstein Tunes Up One of the Nation's Largest Sheet Music Factories")
• Walter Rosenberger, principal percussionist of the New York Philharmonic (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 329)

2011 – 2020

• Dick Schory, CEO of Ovation Records and Creative Music who earned a Grammy nomination for best arrangement (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 340)
• Thomas Siwe, published author of several scholarly books detailing percussion literature (reviews of his books can be found in several peer-reviewed journals such as Notes and the Music Educator Journal)
• Clifford Alexis, steelpan builder and promoter (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 9)
• Gary Olmstead, composer, former president of the Percussive Arts Society, and professor of percussion at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Several articles and reviews in The Instrumentalist magazine)
• Salvatore Rabbio, principal timpanist with the Detriot Symphony Orchestra (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 307)
• Mike Balter, founder of his namesake mallet company and studio percussionist for several notable artists (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 19)
• Dennis DeLucia, marching percussion arranger and instructor for several notable drum corps who is also in the Drum Corps International Hall of Fame (Marching Bands and Drumlines: Secrets of Success from the Best of the Best)
• Ju Tzong-Ching (朱宗慶), founder of Ju Percussion Group and president of Taipei National University of the Arts (lots of coverage in several leading Taiwanese newspapers)
• Richard Weiner (percussionist), principal percussionist of the Cleveland Orchestra (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 393)
• Frank Epstein, Holland-born percussionist with the Boston Pops, founder of Collage New Music, and maker of a line of instruments (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 103)
• Michael Rosen (percussionist), professor of percussion at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 328)
• Garry Kvistad, founder and owner of Woodstock Percussion and member of Nexus Percussion (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 218)

2021 – present

• Michael Udow, percussionist and composer (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 377 and Biographical Essays on Twentieth-Century Percussionists pg. 277)
• Roland Kohloff, principal timpanist for the San Francisco Symphony and the New York Philharmonic (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 210 and New York Times obituary)
• Arthur Press, professor at the Boston Conservatory and percussionist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 300 and Biographical Essays on Twentieth-Century Percussionists pg. 221)
• Johnny Lee Lane, noted percussion pedagogue and professor (Who's Who Among African Americans pg. 1742)
• Neil Grover, founder of Grover Pro Percussion, one of the largest manufacturers of accessory percussion instruments in the world (Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 140 and several trade journals)
• Beverley Johnston, Canadian marimbist and professor at the University of Toronto (Washington Post article and Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary pg. 193
• Jim Petercsak, former president of the Percussive Arts Society and emeritus professor of percussion at the State University of New York (Modern Drummer article)
• Raynor Carroll, first black percussionist in the Los Angeles Philharmonic and later its principal for several decades
• Tom Float, marching percussion arranger and pedagogue for the Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps
• William Moersch, marimba player and professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Articles to expand

• Elden C. Bailey, currently does not have any worthwhile biographical information