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Scored for 4-5 players, this ensemble is a "rudimental fantasy" - which utilizes themes from three traditional snare drum compositions; Three Camps, The Downfall of Paris and Connecticut Halftime, with a nod to Steve Gadd's performance of Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover!
Number of Players: 4-5
Difficulty: Grade 4+
Instrumentation:
Player I: Snare Drum 1
Player II: Snare Drum 2
Player III: Snare Drum 3
Player IV: Bass Drum
Player V: 2 Tom-Toms (optional)
John R. Beck has performed with a wide variety of ensembles in a diversity of musical styles. He joined the artist-faculty at the North Carolina School of the Arts in 1998, and is a percussionist with the Winston-Salem and Greensboro symphony orchestras, Brass Band of Battle Creek, and the Philidor Percussion Group. A former member of the United States Marine Band, he performed regularly with the National and Baltimore symphonies, Washington and Baltimore operas, and the Theater Chamber Players of the Kennedy Center.
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