Tompkins-Ten Style Studies for Snare Drum

Ten style Studies presents ten etudes in contrasting styles. All of the etudes are challenging and a lot of fun to play. Included Solos:

Everest
Carretilla
Etapa
It's a Drag
O'Neill's
Osca in Masca
Hippie Catus
The Punch Bowl
Sloppy Joe's
Flander's Field


Percussionist Joseph Tompkins has performed with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the New York City Opera, the New Jersey Symphony and the Orchestra of St. Luke's. On Broadway he has played in productions of The King and I, Swan Lake, Oklahoma!, The Lion King, The Producers, Spamalot, The Light in the Piazza and Tarzan. Tompkins has a performed on film soundtracks for The Manchurian Candidate, The Last Holiday, Failure to Launch, and Casanova. Currently he is a member of the percussion trio Timetable, a group committed to commissioning and performing new works for percussion. He is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and the Manhattan School.