Pearl Drums - Marching News

3/11/2010Pearl / WGI Mid-Season update with Gateway Indoor Percussion Gateway Indoor Percussion's 2010 program, BioRhythm, is performed by some of the best members in the activity. Universities represented in the group include Missouri State University, University of Missouri, Iowa State University, University of Illinois, Murray State, Webster University, University of Northern Alabama, University of Central Oklahoma, Pitt State University, and Missouri Southern State University, just to name a few.

Gateway members are marching or have marched many seasons of drum corps, including Carolina Crown, The Cavaliers, The Bluecoats, The Colts, The Madison Scouts, and several others.In addition, Artie Johnson, a 3rd year member of the group from the St. Louis area, was crowned the DCI I&E Multi Percussion Champion for his drum set solo during the 2009 drum corps season. Representing most of the midwest states, and with members coming from as far as Alabama, Gateway has also remained true to its St. Louis roots with a strong core of local members as well, who attend or graduated from high schools such as Lindbergh, St. Charles West, Parkway South, O'Fallon Township, Marquette, and many others.

Gateway has been a proud Pearl/Adams team since April of 2007, and has been in existence since 2004. Alexis Abril and Paul Richardson are the Executive Directors, and Chad Schaedler is the Education Director.

The Bushwackers Drum & Bugle Corps Play Pearl!

2/24/2010Find out how the Corps made their decision to come to Pearl.

Pearl Welcomes Riverside Community College

2/19/20103-time WGI Independent World Class Champion Riverside Community College chooses Pearl

Championship FFX1410 ArticuLite Snare Drum

Pearl is proud to announce the redesign of the Championship ArticuLite Series Snare Drum. The FFX1410/A was designed to meet the complicated tonal challenges and sonic requirements needed for today’s highly competitive indoor and outdoor ensembles. The FFX1410 offers a tight focus, articulation with a crisp response while still providing the warmth of the standard Championship Series.

6 Ply Maple Shells for Strength, Projection and Richness of Sound
Smaller Shell Depth Provides Extreme Focus with Minimal Overtone
Light Weight Provides Increased Mobility
Aluminum Alloy Edge Ring and Rims
Includes Same High Durability Hardware Strainer as the Standard FFX Series
100% Maple SST Shell Technology

Another Great Addition to the ArticuLite Seriers is the PSMT ArticuLite Tenors

PSMT ArticuLite Tenors

ArticuLite Marching Toms are designed to compliment the FFX1410 Snare Drums. The shallow shell design provides tight focus, articulation, and crisp response while reducing the overall mass for fast moving high energy performance. Maple shells deliver rich, robust sound while the rounded bearing edges deliver that distinctive Pearl sound. Redesigned case-hardened aluminum tension casings offer improved tuning accuracy and even dispersion of tension while 6 mm case hardened tension bolts permit the highest tensioning without failure. Available in 6 packaged sets.

Pearl Welcomes The Concord Blue Devils

10/9/2009Pearl Corporation is pleased to announce the addition of The Blue Devils Organization as the newest member of their elite Drum Corps International roster.

Simon Fraser University Are World Champions... Again!

8/19/2009Sixteen nations, over 200 pipe bands, and 8000 pipe band drummers competed to be crowned the best at the World Pipe Band Championship 2009.

DCI World Class Championships8/11/2009Congratulations to our 5 finalists at the 2009 DCI World Class Championships. 5 of the Top 12 Finalists choose Pearl!!!