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“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....

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...

Snowdrops: Theirs is a fragile but hardy celebration … in the very teeth of winter – Louise Wilder

Earlier this week, we took advantage of a rare sunny morning to take...

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...

If you’re hoping to lower your stress levels in 2020, musical mindfulness could be exactly what you’re looking for.

The word mindfulness is everywhere lately — people are being urged to become...

Grant...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Percussion Play and Percussion Play DK are currently in Hamburg, Germany making music and friends at the 2019 Rotary International Convention (1-5 June).

We’ve been delighted by the number of visitors...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

We are currently in snowy Utrecht in the Netherlands at the National Education Exhibition - NOT 2019 - taking place in the Jaarbeurs from 22 to 26 January 2019.

With over forty thousand visitors expected...

Our new space-saving Rainbow Trio Ensemble is perfect for toddlers and younger children to discover music-making...

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

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