Pearl Drums - Marching News

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. The Blue Devils have won a total of 13 DCI World Championships and 11 High Percussion Awards, and are the 2009 DCI World Champions and High Percussion Award recipients. As a perennial powerhouse in DCI, The Blue Devils have finished in DCI’s top 5 for the last 28 consecutive years.

Also joining Pearl’s roster of world-renowned artists and educators is The Blue Devils Percussion Director, Scott Johnson. Johnson is one of the most sought after percussion arrangers and marching percussion clinicians in the world today, with personal awards including 13 DCI championships, 12 DCI High Percussion Awards, 2 WGI Championships and the 1977 DCI Individual Snare Championship. The addition of both the Blue Devils and Scott Johnson fortifies an already impressive DCI roster that includes the Santa Clara Vanguard, Boston Crusaders, Blue Stars, Blue Knights, The Troopers and Spirit.

“We at the Pearl Corporation are very proud to have the Blue Devils and Scott Johnson as part of the Pearl family of artists,” said Rudy Gowern, Marketing and Product Manager for Pearl Marching Percussion. “We believe we manufacture the very best drums and percussion instruments available in the world today, along with distributing the amazing Adams family of instruments, and part of that confidence includes having the very best organizations stand behind your product.”

David Gibbs, Executive Director of The Blue Devils Organization, said, “The Blue Devils always seek to produce the highest quality educational and performance experiences in the areas of musical and dance performance. This new partnership with Pearl and Adams will allow us to maintain our great tradition while creating new opportunities for continued growth and success.”

“Pearl is a great company to work with and they're known for quality products. I have always had a very positive experience with Pearl and I am looking forward to our renewed partnership, “ said Scott Johnson, Director of Percussion for The Blue Devils

Pearl and Adams will be exclusively used by all divisions of the Blue Devils Organization, which includes the most decorated corps in the history of DCI, the A corps, the 2009 DCI Open Class Champion B corps, the C Corps and Blue Devils Entertainment.

Music City Mystique 2010 Auditions!!!9/15/2009Music City Mystique invites all percussionists from ages 14-22 to their 2010 auditions

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.

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 Presents The Masters of the Summer Music Games 2009

7/9/2009In a new format for the 2009 Drum Corps International Tour, 21 World Class corps will compete over two separate nights of competition when the Pearl Corporation presents the Masters of the Summer Music Games at Middle Tennessee State University.

WGI World Championships 2009

4/28/2009Nashville, TN- Pearl Corporation, a Presenting Sponsor and the official drum company of WGI would like to thank all of the percussion ensembles that choose to make Pearl and Adams their instruments of choice for the 2009 WGI World Championships.

Banished Beyond at WGI

4/18/2009Be sure to come back after WGI for photos and videos of Banished Beyond, and many of our Sponsored Indoor Drum Line Programs.