1.   Such was the defection of top talent that a show saluting American artists was reduced to padding the bill with Stomp, a British percussion ensemble.

2.   T.H. Subash Chandran led the percussion ensemble, which included N. Ganesh Kumar and N. Ramakrishnan.

3.   He was in school choirs later as well as brass bands, orchestras, percussion ensembles and jazz combos.

4.   I was playing in orchestras and percussion ensembles, and that gave me a different perspective.