PROFESSIONAL PERCUSSION PRODUCTS - Key Persons

Harold Firestone (1907-1960) was one of the most profound percussion teachers this country has ever known. During his 30 years of teaching, over 565 students were enrolled in the Firestone Drum Studio. Harold was a prolific writer of percussion materials, a gifted artist and a mentor who gave many young lives the principles of systematic thinking, self-discipline and goal setting

Jack Bell is considered one of America's greatest snare drummers, serving as the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's Principal Percussionist for over thirty years and the coordinator of Percussion Studies at Georgia State University for thirty four years.

Job Titles:

• Chairman of Percussion at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music

Mr. Adams is currently the Chairman of Percussion at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music at the University of Georgia. He has previously served as Principal Timpanist of the Pittsburgh Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Florida Philharmonic, Canton Symphony, and played extra percussion, timpani and keyboards in the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra.