  We analyze star-type networks of phase oscillators by virtue of two methods.
For identical oscillators we adopt the Watanabe-Strogatz approach, that gives
full an- alytical description of states, rotating with constant frequency. For
nonidentical oscillators, such states can be obtained by virtue of the
self-consistent approach in a parametric form. In this case stability analysis
cannot be performed, however with the help of direct numerical simulations we
show which solutions are stable and which not. We consider this system as a
model for a drum orchestra, where we assume that the drummers follow the signal
of the leader without listening to each other and the coupling parameters are
determined by a geometrical organization of the orchestra.
