Everett Firth

Everett Firth

Infobox Person
name = Everett "Vic" Firth
known_for = Founding Vic Firth
occupation = Retired; Boston Symphony Orchestra timpanist

Everett "Vic" Firth is a percussionist best known for founding the drum stick company Vic Firth, bearing his name. He was a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for over fifty years, most of them as principal timpanist. Vic Firth retired from the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2001, and his 50-year legacy was followed by Tim Genis. Vic Firth graduated from the New England Conservatory in Boston, where he was initiated into the Alpha chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity in 1950.

Vic Firth graduated from Sanford High School in Sanford, Maine, where his father was a band director.

References

* Mattingly, Rick. [http://www.vicfirth.com/artists/vicfirth.html "Vic Firth: Celebrating 50 Years with the Boston Symphony Orchestra"] . "Modern Drummer Magazine" Volume 25, No. 11. November 2001.
* [http://www.conductorsguild.net/2005ConferenceProgramBook.pdf "Conductor's Guild 2005 Conference Program" (PDF)] . Page 13.


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