The Geelong Symphony Orchestra were fortunate to receive a grant from the Geelong Community Foundation to purchase our own concert bass drum and suspended cymbal to add to the percussion set-up. The orchestra owns its own set of timpani and some smaller percussion instruments (previously purchased with the help of a GCF grant in 2020).

The concert bass drum is often required for symphonic works and the GSO have previously relied on the goodwill of other music organisations to borrow their drum for our rehearsals and concerts.

The new concert bass drum and suspended cymbal were first used in the Elgar’s Enigma concert held on Saturday 21^st October in Deakin’s Costa Hall.