Rhapsody Percussion News
Rhapsody Percussion listed in Top 10 of “The Web’s Most Popular Sites”According to the website Top20Sites.com, Rhapsody is listed in the top 10 of the...
Day 1: Chicago Drum Show May 15, 2010
Today was an excellent day for a drum show! I think the beautiful weather brought...
Rhapsody Percussion now brings you HingeStix by Sam Ruttenberg
Sam Ruttenberg introduces his HingeStix™ Pat. Pend. Drum Sticks. Designed as...
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Auditions/Jobs
Job Opening – Marimba Productions, Inc.Marimba Productions Inc. (Keyboard Percussion Publications/Studio 4 Music and Resonator...
August 2010 Percussion Auditions
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July 2010 Percussion Auditions
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General Percussion
Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Substitute Auditions June 4, 2011The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra (OPO) is a professional, per-service orchestra performing approximately 110 services annually in the Orlando/Central Florida area. The OPO has an operating budget of $3 million and an endowment of $3.5 million. The OPO employs a unique shared musician/management structure with bylaws requiring that 25% of the Board... [Read more of this review]
Sarah Basel to perform as Principal Percussionist with Evanston Symphony Orchestra
On May 8, 2011 Sarah Basel will perform as the principal percussionist with the Evanston Symphony Orchestra. Sarah will be filling in for the regular principal percussionist, Brian Kabot. This concert is filled with “blockbuster percussion hits” including Appalachian Spring, Rhapsody in Blue (with piano soloist Lawrence Eckerling), Candide... [Read more of this review]
Sarah Basel to perform with Kenosha Symphony
On May 7, 2011, Sarah Basel will be performing with the Kenosha Symphony: May 7, 2011 8:00 p.m. “A Night at the Opera” Concert Strauss Don Juan Mozart Overture to Don Giovani ... [Read more of this review]
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Stay-Put Timpani Mutes now available in black!
About the Owner
Sarah Basel is a professional percussionist in the Chicagoland area. She has a masters in percussion performance from San Francisco Conservatory where she studied with Jack Van Geem (principal of San Francisco Symphony). She also received a Bachelor of Music Education which enabled her to study with Ed Harrison (principal timpanist of Lyric Opera of Chicago) from Concordia University in River Forest, Illinois. Sarah has been both a performer and a music educator for the past 16 years.