Armstrong-Tres en los Tambores (SP)-3SD

This snare drum trio features many passages of linear play split over the three performers, as well as unison phrases that provide excitement and energy.

Number of Players: 3
Difficulty: Grade 2
Instrumentation: 3 Snare Drums

James Armstrong holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Central Michigan University and a Master of Music Performance (emphasis in jazz studies and ethnomusicology) from Bowling Green State University. He is a specialist in Haitian, Cuban, and West African folkloric drumming, and has done extensive field research and performance of this music throughout the United States and abroad.

Currently, Armstrong is the Director of Percussion Studies at Elizabethtown College in central PA. His duties include directing the Percussion Ensemble, the AfroCariibbean Hand Drumming Ensemble, teaching private lessons, as well as being a guest lecturer in several music courses. He is the author of Vodou Drumset: Traditional Afro-Haitian Rhythms Applied to Drumset (Carl Fischer Publications), founder and president of House Panther Press, and is published through Drop6 Media.