Sherwood "Bud" Berthold has been the Principal Timpanist of the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra and Mississippi Opera Orchestra since the early 1980s. He also has worked extensively as an extra percussionist and timpanist in orchestras throughout the South, including the Alabama Symphony Orchestra in Birmingham, AL. Berthold holds both a master's degree and a bachelor's degree in music performance from the Manhattan School of Music in New York City, where he studied with Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Timpanist Fred D. Hinger and New York Philharmonic Principal Percussionist Walter E. Rosenberger.
Along with his full schedule as a professional timpanist and instructor, Berthold is also a highly experienced touring performer and clinician. He is very much in demand as a freelance jazz artist and studio musician as his extreme versatility allows him to fit easily into any musical setting. Berthold has been featured at numerous Percussive Arts Society Day of Percussion clinics and regularly appears as a featured drummer and percussionist with the Jackson, MS-based Capital Brass and Capitol City Stage Band, at the New Stage Theater and with his own acoustic jazz project, the Plus1 Jazz Trio. He has performed either on stage or in the recording studio with many well-known artists, including Ray Charles, Rita Coolidge, Marvin Hamlisch, Guy Hovis, B.B. King, Denise LaSalle, Deana Martin, Percy Sledge, Ray Stevens, Greg "Fingers" Taylor, Dionne Warwick and many more.
