Concertgoers most readily recognize Kenneth Dean as a fellow who carries out his work in the back row of orchestras, since he serves as timpanist in the Santa Fe Symphony and percussionist in the New ...

Consider the harmonica: So simple an instrument in design, yet so complex to master. In the hands of amateurs it produces caterwauling mayhem, like a sonic hairball stuck in a vacuum cleaner. In the ...

Unlike the traditional kouxian performing style, Ma usually hits the jaw harp faster, which results in a louder reverberation of sounds produced by mouth. In 2022, Ma received a master award, during ...