Chalon Ragsdale came to the university in 1975 as the assistant marching band director and the percussion teacher.

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pairs of hardwood sticks (male and female) called claves, thumb pianos and other items that you hit or shake to make people dance and gods listen. There must be 150 drums and other percussion ...

One bout of COVID, which left Robinson truly fighting for his life, and a couple years later, the performing world slowly ...

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The Warp Records’ heavyweight joined forces with Radiohead and the Smile’s main man to craft a bewitching document of 21st century anxieties ...