Houllif-Four Portraits of Jim-SD

Dedicated to well known percussion educator Jim Petercsak, Four Portraits for Jim is a Grade 6 "tour de force" of styles & sounds for solo snare drum written by Murray Houllif, a prolific composer of outstanding percussion music. The 4 movements - "Paradiddle Jim" - "Jazzy Jim" - "Senor Jim" - "Contemporary Jim" - exploit the differing aspects of snare drum technique and sonorities. In its entirety, this work is an excellent mature recital choice, or selected individual movements can be used for contest or study.

Number of players - 1
Difficulty - Grade 6 (Advanced)
Instrumentation - Snare Dum