The timpani are among a symphony orchestra’s most exciting instruments. There’s nothing quite like a musician pounding away on wide kettledrums made from copper. But aside from the occasional dramatic ...

L to R, artistic director and conductor Jerry Junkin, composer Catherine Likhuta and timpani soloist Jacob Hord acknowledge applause after the Dallas Winds' performance of Likhuta's "Storm Chasers" at ...

Never in my life did I expect to hear a timpani concerto, let alone two, and those two in back-to-back seasons. Opening weekend of 2014 included a timpani concerto by William Kraft, and this last ...

I have no idea, and I suspect Kraft didn't either. His Timpani Concerto No. 2, which Herbert and the Symphony premiered in Davies Symphony Hall on Thursday night, sounds like the work of a composer ...