Blog - Percussion Play

Welcome to our blog, where we celebrate the joy of music in the great outdoors! Here, you will find exciting updates about our company, inspiring stories, and the latest trends in outdoor music projects and designs from around the globe.

We’re passionate about the instruments we offer and will share insights into their creation and the inspiration behind them. Our mission is to help you discover innovative ways to bring music to your outdoor spaces.

Join us on this journey as we explore the fusion of music and the great outdoors. Thank you for being a part of our community – we’re excited to share this adventure with you!

Duo Percussion Becomes Percussion Plays Newest Reseller Two friends who bonded over their love of family, music and the great outdoors have recently set up their own outdoor musical instrument business and become the latest preferred reseller of Percussion...

- 09/04/20

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World Autism Awareness Day: Music Opens Communication Channels for Autistic kids World Autism Awareness Week takes place this year from Monday, 30 March to Sunday, 5 April. Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that affects how people perceive the world and interact...

- 31/03/20

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Bring a little Cuban Energy, Rhythm and Soul to Your Outdoor Space With Colorful Conga Drums Bright, colorful, and hugely entertaining, our Conga Drums are most certainly one of our most...

- 25/03/20

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How music is connecting people amid the COVID-19 pandemic “Music is the moonlight in the gloomy night of life.” These words from the famous 18th-century German writer Jean-Paul couldn’t be more timely: they might just as easily have been written yesterday....

- 24/03/20

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Music and Poetry - World Poetry Day Poetry and music have been intertwined for thousands of years with artistic expressions being related, connected or inspired by the other. The two art forms possess certain similar elements, such as meter...

- 20/03/20

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Outdoor Musical Play & Children’s Mental Health Week 2020 We are almost halfway through ‘Children’s Mental Health Week 2020’: an awareness week launched by Place2Be in 2015 in an effort to ‘shine a spotlight on the importance of children and young people’s...

- 04/02/20

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Funding Invitation from UK Government to Create 'Pocket Parks' Could See New Community Music Gardens in UK Grant...

- 30/12/19

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Wishing Our Customers, Partners, Suppliers and Colleagues a Very Merry Christmas From everyone at Percussion Play, we’d like to take this opportunity to wish you a very Merry Christmas Put your feet up and have a well-deserved rest this Christmas and let every day of the holiday...

- 23/12/19

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Nature's Symphony: Unveiling Harmony Flowers and Bells in the Garden of Sound To coincide with the launch of our new botanical range of super-sized outdoor musical flowers – Harmony Flowers and Harmony Bells, we thought we'd look a little closer at how the world of nature,...

- 25/11/19

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Holiday Park & Resort Innovation Show Percussion Play is ready to meet some of the 4,000+ owners from across the holiday business industry who will be attending Birmingham’s NEC on November 6th and 7th. The Holiday Park & Resort...

- 05/11/19

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Saying it With Flowers at the Tes SEN Show London We had a fantastic weekend at the Tes SEN Show, the largest, most-established special educational needs show in the UK. Showcasing a selection of instruments, we couldn't resist taking along a preview...

- 07/10/19

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Flower Power at the NRPA Annual Conference, Baltimore Percussion Play has been delighting delegates at the 2019 NRPA Annual Conference by giving them a sneak preview of their new range of outdoor musical flowers 'Harmony Bells'. Approx. 8,000 people who...

- 25/09/19

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'Mini' Rainbow Trio Ensemble Goes To Ground Originally designed to be hung on playground walls, we’ve extended our Rainbow Trio Ensemble to now include in-ground or surface-mounted versions of these three sweet little instruments. Five reasons...

- 18/09/19

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Discover Percussion Play - Intriguing, Funky and Irresistible To Play - Tembos Let us introduce you to one of our more intriguing instruments - our range of plosive aerophones we call Tembos. Tembos produce some very low, very mellow sounds, look intriguing and are utterly irresistible...

- 23/07/19

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Music Teacher Magazine Features Percussion Play in 'Percussion' Special Percussion Play features in this months 'Percussion' edition of Music Teacher Magazine. The July 2019 edition of Music Teacher Magazine has a strong focus on percussion and as the leading...

- 10/07/19

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Infant Mental Health Awareness Week 2019 We are coming to the end of ‘Infant Mental Health Awareness Week 2019’ – a week-long campaign organised by The Association for Infant Mental Health UK (AIMH UK) which has seen events take place across...

- 13/06/19

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Taster Session For Sheffield 'Musical Pocket Park' Our outreach team are in Sheffield today, giving local residents the chance to play a number of our outdoor musical instruments ahead of plans to create a ‘musical pocket park’ in the city. The...

- 15/05/19

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Harmony in the Great Outdoors: Unleash the Symphony of Ensemble Play Our range of outdoor musical instruments 'ensembles' are designed for musicians of every age and ability. Designed to save our customers time and money when ordering a group of instruments, they also help...

- 07/05/19

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Percussion Play Baltics Head to Belarus Percussion Play Baltics have just returned from a very successful trip to the Republic of Belarus, attending...

- 03/04/19

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Early Years Article features in Play & Playground Professionals Magazine An article written by Percussion Play features in this month's edition of Play and Playground Professionals Magazine. The article titled 'Musical Instruments Help Improve Core Stability' discusses how...

- 26/03/19

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'Mini' Rainbow Range Grows! We’re excited to show you the newest addition to our 'mini' Rainbow Range - the Rainbow Chime Post A cluster of five rainbow coloured chimes are attached to a single stainless-steel post - our Rainbow...

- 07/03/19

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Discover the Joy of Music with the Rainbow Trio Ensemble for Young Children Our new space-saving Rainbow Trio Ensemble is perfect for toddlers and younger children to discover music-making...

- 17/01/19

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First Baby Floor Piano Installed in the USA Park Hill Elementary School in Derby, KS has the distinction of being the first to have a Percussion Play Baby...

- 05/12/18

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Percussion Play Netherlands Reach Innovation Award Finals The team at Percussion Play Netherlands is excited to announce that the <a href="https://www.percussionplay.com/cavatina/"...

- 28/11/18

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Beaver Dam Rotary Keeps the Music Coming The Beaver Dam Rotary has recently expanded the number of outdoor musical instruments located along the Riverwalk Park by adding a colorful set of Rainbow Sambas and tall Tubular Bells - making it even...

- 14/11/18

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