In The Heights - Angel Williams - The Miller Machine

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Angel Williams’ percussion setup for In The Heights at the Judge Memorial High School in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Read Angel's write-up below the photos.

Angel Williams’ percussion setup for In The Heights at the Judge Memorial High School in Salt Lake City, Utah.

“I used a drumKAT with a Roland Sound Canvas SS-88 for all required patches for this show as well as Chimes and Timpani.”

Instrumentation:

Tama 24” Bass Drum with Aquarian Heads for a big boomy sound
Camco 16” Floor Tom
LP Aspire Conga
LP Matador Bongos
Remo 12” Djembe
LP Shekere
LP Red Jam Block
LP Blue Jam Block
LP Green Blast Block (wood bell)
LP Rock Cowbell
LP Agogo Bells on an LP VibraSlap Mount
Meinl Caixixi (small and medium)
LP One Shot Shaker
Meinl Medium Studio Mix Shaker
Meinl Aluminum Octagonal shaker
LP Soft Shake
LP Fish Style Guiro
LP Egg Shaker
LP Wawa Shaker
Meinl Copper Hammered 6 1/4” Cowbell
LP Rosewood Claves
LP High Claves
TreeWorks Bar Chimes
LP Mounted Tambourine
LP Rock Tambourine
LP VibraSlap
LP Jingle Bells
LP Cabasa
Miller Machine with Finger Cymbal
MIller Machine with Triangle

Cymbals:

Zildjian 14" China Boy
Zildjian 14" K Dark Crash
Zildjian 16" K Dark Crash

In The Heights - Regional - Angel Williams
November 2016

Angel Williams’ percussion setup for In The Heights at the Judge Memorial High School in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Conducting a National Tour by Danny Taylor

"Conducting a National Tour is incredibly challenging, but so rewarding. Stepping on to the podium with a new orchestra every few weeks really keeps you on your toes. Every player responds differently so you are constantly adjusting to get the desired result. I would compare it to playing a multi-percussion piece where the instruments are constantly moving."

5 min read

Reporting from the Broadway Trenches by Jon Berger

"After a grueling four years at SUNY I still had one theory class left to finish. I was really depressed. A classmate of mine recommended me for a tour of a Broadway show. This completely changed the course of my life."

7 min read

Drumming for "Ain’t Too Proud" by Clayton Craddock

"When I first got the call to start working on Ain’t Too Proud - The Life And Times Of The Temptations, I was curious about which era the show was going to focus on. Their career began in the early 1960’s and they’re still releasing albums today."

7 min read

The Little Mermaid - Brian Kirk

"The timpani tunings are the real challenge of The Little Mermaid. Changing pitches must be done by feel, that was my biggest challenge. Memorizing the mallet parts was also very necessary."

2 min read

The Little Mermaid - Alec Wilmart

"As you can see in the pictures, I prefer to have as much 'stuff' right in front of me, as close as possible. Because there are so many instruments close in, I have mounted a music stand off of the tom mount.

2 min read

Kevin McNaughton's setup for the National Tour of Pretty Woman at the Old National Centre (formerly the Murat Theatre) in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Pretty Woman - Kevin McNaughton

"Different from the tour, the original Broadway production had acoustic drums, an acoustic set of timbales, and an acoustic tambourine - the tambourine is now programmed in the SPD-SX."